Jazz Articles about The Moving Form

The Moving Form: Year of the Endless Moment

by Franz A. Matzner
September 6, 2004

Terrifically and unapologetically pretentious, the Moving Form's current release, Year of the Endless Moment, combines poetry recitation with world music-tinged jazz improvisation to create a musical experience that most closely resembles the offspring of a casual dalliance between Rage Against The Machine and Michael Brecker. Channeling the urban angst of Zack de la Rocha and sounding distressingly similar to recordings of Jim Morrison's poetry recitations, vocalist Will Hasley (listed in the liner notes as The Incomparable Poet ...