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Will Sellenraad - Eric McPherson - Rene Hart: Greene Street Vol.1
ByThat opener "Alter Ego" coalesces into a groovy trio jam soon enough, though drummer Eric McPherson still keeps the lively rhythm-bed partly rooted in dance-beat territory. Next up, it's a vague, hazy piece which meanders into abstract territory and back before the groove resumes. The leader's wheelhouse has plenty of free space (pun unintended) for both. "Little El" hiccups in a manner almost suited to club-glitchtronica, as the players busily evoke the scramble of urban rush hour. By contrast, their perversely easygoing read of Wayne Shorter's "Deluge" smoothly coasts along as the most straightforward piece here.
Sellenraad is happy to flow around the fretboard with clean-toned melody, but can be just as likely to step sideways with skewed chord sequences or fade into a ringing cloud of echo. Surprisingly, it is McPherson who sounds like the star player as often as not, snappily carrying things along when the other two stick to textures. Though the group likes to let things partly unravel, or jolt us with clattering, or let the strings get bent a hair out of tune, they use those tones for shading rather than diving into abrasive free-jazz or atonality. Continually crossing old-school cool with a challengingly sharp edge, Greene Street Vol. 1 shows a group firmly establishing their niche while still leaving future volume(s) able to go just about anywhere.
Track Listing
Alter Ego; Melancholy; Future; Deluge; Little El; Allegorical.
Personnel
Will Sellenraad
guitarWill Sellenraad: guitar; Eric McPherson: drums; Rene Hart: double bass, electro.
Album information
Title: Greene Street Vol.1 | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Deko
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