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Tiner/Phillips/Schoenbeck Trio: Breathe In, Feed Out

by Rex Butters
May 3, 2004

Breathe In, Feed Out fuses the extended imaginations of three of LA’s fine free creators: Kris Tiner, trumpet, Noah Phillips, guitar & electronics, and Sara Schoenbeck, bassoon. Together they fashion moody thoughtful music that delivers unexpected warmth and familiarity.

Phillips stretchy metal dominates Tiner’s “Skujellifeddy.” Tiner and Schoenbeck play long unisons while Phillips buzzes and shreds. After the active opening, Tiner and Phillips play counterpoint with Schoenbeck, going out pensive. Tiner uses soulful phrasing on “A Wind Shift,” engaging Schoenbeck ...