Jazz Articles about Stephen Flinn

Stephen Flinn/Bruce Eisenbeil/Tony Wren: Keep The Meter Running

by Farrell Lowe
March 16, 2003

If this album had been released in 1974, it would've been exciting and would have advanced the sonic literature of guitar and ensemble musics to some degree. However, it's more recent and it does little in that regard. The trio plays well together, are all fine players, and are well versed in the vocabulary of extended technique unique to their respective instruments. Therein lies the problem with Keep The Meter Running. The parts should all add up, but what's lacking ...