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Ursel Schlicht's Implicate Order: Sound Quest

by Glenn Astarita
March 1, 2002

This multinational cast led by pianist, Ursel Schlicht renders some downright invigorating improv on Sound Quest. With the opening piece titled “Sound and Fury,” the soloists’ engage in dynamic interplay, where bassist, Ken Filiano steers the band into a blistering romp via his swiftly executed walking bass lines. However, the quintet moves about in climactic fashion as they institute swirling choruses amid trombonist, Steve Swell, and alto saxophonist, Martin Speicher’s excitable flurries. Ms. Schlicht frequently provides the budding undercurrents, largely ...