Burton Greene / Damon Smith / Ra Kalam Bob Moses

Burton Greene / Damon Smith / Ra Kalam Bob Moses: Life’s Intense Mystery

by Mark Corroto
September 26, 2019

Let's give credit to whomever assembled this swinging free-improvisation trio. Sometimes, no, invariably, all great improvised music results from the reciprocal nature of the musicians: not something done in response to another (although it can be) but by some subconscious agreement made by the players. A fine example is Life's Intense Mystery by the trio of pianist Burton Greene, bassist Damon Smith and drummer Ra Kalam Bob Moses. Although the bassist recorded with Moses on Astral Plane Crash ...