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Greg Goodman/Henry Kaiser/Lukas Ligeti: Heavy Meta

Read "Heavy Meta" reviewed by Todd S. Jenkins

by Todd S. Jenkins
October 10, 2002

Exotic and unpredictable free improvisations from the Bay Area. Henry Kaiser is the best-known voice here, an independently wealthy, endlessly creative guitarist who has worked from San Francisco to Madagascar, Antarctica and back. Hearing him paired in a free trio with piano and drums is a rather unusual experience, but close listening uncovers many deposits of musical wisdom and wit. Goodman and Ligeti are suitable partners in crime, intuitive and attentive. Yet the musicians seem to wear their influences a ...