Jazz Articles about Lunge

Lunge: Strong Language

by Glenn Astarita
March 23, 2003

This British improv troupe has been together for five years, as the synergy shows on this effort, which features works recorded live in concert and in the studio. Not your average instrumentation mix for sure, as the quartet incorporates dabs of electronic effects with an organic sound.

On the opener “Planarchy,” Gail Brand’s muted trombone attack rides atop percussionist Mark Sanders' tumbling tom rolls amid spurts of quaintly rendered EFX by Phil Durrant and Pat Thomas. Besides ...