Marco Kaeppeli

Marco Kaeppeli / Fredi Luescher / Daniel Studer: Nomis

by Matt Cibula
January 10, 2006

Apparently there's a lot to be said for belabored, overstudied free-bop. Because that's exactly what this album is, and I like it a lot. This trio date from 2003 is finally out, and it's really quite good, despite being just a little too precise in its attempt to be imprecise, if you know what I mean. Which you probably don't. Let me try this again.

The songs here are largely either written by or inspired by Urs Voerkel, whose unfortunate ...