Jazz Articles about ISM

Ism: Maua

by John Sharpe
March 20, 2024

What would a free jazz group sound like if it stayed within conventional rhythmic and melodic parameters? One possible answer was given by pianist Lennie Tristano's pioneering sides such as “Intuition" and “Digression," extemporized by a sextet including Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh. Ism, the cosmopolitan threesome of British pianist Pat Thomas, Swedish bassist Joel Grip and French drummer Antonin Gerbal, offer another option. On Maua (meaning flowers in Swahili), the outfit's fourth album, they once again ...