Gratkowski/Brown/Winant

Gratkowski/Brown/Winant: Wake

by Jerry D'Souza
January 20, 2009

Intuition plays a major role in the music that Frank Gratkowski, Chris Brown and William Winant construct. All are freedom riders who conjure unusual patterns.Rumination is often the take-off point. “Slide" builds an ethereal atmosphere. The notes of the saxophone wisp around as Brown scurries on the piano. The atmosphere takes gradual shape, an eerie air giving way to a pronounced dissonance. The volatility of the sounds that each lets permeate clash and reverberate, come together for a ...