Jazz Articles

Paul Steven Ray: Church of Vanish

by Eric Saidel
March 1, 1999

Paul Steven Ray presents the musical equivalent of life emerging from the primordial slime. There are three different “bands" here, but, with minor variations, each track sounds similar. A variety of sounds creates a background out of which might emerge some organization, a rhythm perhaps, or maybe even a melodic line, but the organization quickly is overwhelmed by the rest of the sound. At times there is interplay between the instruments, at times an instrument might play something that sounds ...