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Statements Quintet: The Cat's Pyjamas

by Robert Spencer
September 1, 1999

Power chords, albeit rather faint. Than a Derek Bailey-type fingering, gradually losing Bailey and picking up speed, while the power chords continue. Then a querulous violin and an aimlessly questing piano. Percussion not keeping time but punctuating the statements of the violin, piano, and guitar. “Three Forms," this first track, ultimately turns into a skittering and shifting affair. The percussionist dances with knitting needles (or is it the guitarist?) while a violinist bows maniacally and Ornetteishly, and the piano finds ...