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Jason Stein/Paul Giallorenzo/Frank Rosaly: Hearts & Minds
ByChicago is a prime location for Hearts & Minds. From the 1940s through 1960, Ra's concepts on futurism and music bloomed on the South Side as he resolved that space was the place. The mayhem of the opening track "Stocky" clangs overblown bass clarinet against fevered and frenetic drumming and the electric jabs and blips of keyboard sorcery. The trio, having caught your attention, dives deeper, mixing composed passages with sometime barely repressible passages. The trawling "Rocked And Eroded" stakes itself to the memory of Eric Dolphy's sound on Out To Lunch! (Blue Note, 1964), with Stein marching notes to the odd meter of Rosaly's gallop.
We have, though, come a ways since the days of Dolphy. The trio turns to the pinwheeling of electronics with "An Unfortunate Lack Of Role;" Giallorenzo's e-pianet forcing glints and flashes of current as re-entry sounds over Rosaly's swarming sounds on every percussive surface at hand. The trio is fond of starting a piece like "Streaming" with a solid melody and groove, breaking into concise Stein and Giallorenzo solos. Other times, as on "Nick Masonry," they work from just a sketch only to pick up steam and melody. Mostly they are fans of a glorious degeneration, you might call improvisation, but we'll call interstellar entropy.
Track Listing
Stocky; Rocked And Eroded; The Western Situation; Three For One; An Unfortunate Lack Of Role; Models; Streaming; Nick Masonry; Irresolute; Old Balance.
Personnel
Jason Stein: bass clarinet; Paul Giallorenzo: synth, e-pianet; Frank Rosaly: drums, electronics.
Album information
Title: Hearts & Minds | Year Released: 2016 | Record Label: Astral Spirits