Hall / Ranaldo / Hooker

Hall / Ranaldo / Hooker: Oasis Of Whispers

by Nic Jones
May 22, 2006

Whatever challenge there is in producing music evocative of nothing, this trio rises to it with skill and unity of purpose. And the results are single-minded enough to be worthy of the utmost admiration. This does, however, leave me obliged to discuss the music without falling back on the usual superlatives. Thus, describing Glen Hall's bass clarinet in the beginning of “The Mechanism" as “brooding" might just about nail it, but it doesn't do justice either to his work or ...