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Also Not Pictured...: Equilateral

by Eric J. Iannelli
December 1, 2003

Equilateral is a group of four musicians (though not a quartet per se), three of whom once played together in the group Full Contact. They eschew a chording instrument in order to give “freedom to their improvisations while allowing them to utilize forms, textures, and harmonies to their advantage," according to their self-stated modus operandi. That means no guitar, no piano, and a significant break with the traditional conception of a jazz ensemble. Recorded more than two ...