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Acoustic Reign Project: Acoustic Reign Project

by John Kelman
February 14, 2004

What separates the men from the boys, so to speak, in free jazz is Gary Peacock’s term “spontaneous composition." At its worst self-indulgent, at its best transcendent, free jazz is arguably the genre that shows off exactly how big the ears of its participants truly are. In the case of Acoustic Reign Project the ears are very big indeed, as the group navigates its way through four free improvisations that demonstrate a high level of interaction and empathy. ...