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John Heward Trio

John Heward Trio: Let Them Pass (laissez-passer)

by Javier AQ Ortiz
May 21, 2005

In the case of any abstract interpretation of human experience, it is not necessary to get--or even know--the author's point of view in order to assail it at any level. In the case of Let Them Pass (laissez-passer), the first recording by the John Heward Trio, it does help to be aware of the collective spur ...

Let Them Pass

By John Heward Trio

Label: Drimala Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1.Let Them Pass One 2.Let Them Pass Two 3.Let Them Pass Three 4.Let Them Pass Four 5.Let Them Pass Five 6.Let Them Pass Six 7.Let Them Pass Seven

John Heward Trio: Let Them Pass

by Rex Butters
November 9, 2004

This international trio of skilled improvisers reflects on the experiences of their expatriating pater familiae, some moving to Canada, some moving to the US. They explore their ancestors' leap into the unknown by leaping into these seven different impressions of passage. Drummer/leader John Heward and reedman Joe Giardullo share an association with Joe McPhee. Seattleite Bisio ...

John Heward Trio: Let Them Pass (Laissez-passer)

by John Kelman
August 5, 2004

Spontaneous composition, as opposed to free improvisation, finds a group of musicians working towards creating some kind of recognizable construct; sometimes, in fact, as in the case of the title track from Marilyn Crispell's '01 release, Amaryllis , what begins as a free improvisation becomes an actual piece with a thematic form that, in this case, ...

John Heward Trio: Let Them Pass

by Matthew Wuethrich
July 3, 2004

Before recording the seven pieces on Let Them Pass, bassist Mike Bisio, drummer John Heward, and mulit-reedsman Joe Giardullo reflected intensely, Philip Egert’s liner notes tell us, “on how their parents and grandparents had immigrated to Canada and the United States...(coming) with little more than a ‘Laissez-passer’ in their pockets.” Liner notes do not often provide ...