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Thoth Trio: Apropos of Nothing

by John Kelman
August 7, 2004

The name Thoth Trio comes from two sources: one, the names of the musicians (drummer David Throckmorton, reed player Ben Opie and bassist Paul Thompson); the other, the name of an Egyptian deity who was a patron of the arts, education and honesty. Apropos of Nothing is the first release by this Pittsburgh-based trio, which the press release claims is avant-garde--but with a clear structural basis for these ten original compositions, they may be adventurous, but they clearly lean a ...