Shibolet / Josephson / Baker / Looney / Smith

Shibolet / Josephson / Baker / Looney / Smith: Untitled (1959)

by Nic Jones
March 25, 2008

All the track titles on this one are also the titles of paintings by Mark Rothko, but presumably the connection between the two ends there. Certainly the accompanying notes make nothing of it and besides which this is music profoundly in the moment, conveyed by acutely skilled free improvisers.

“White, Yellow, Red On Yellow" serves as well as any piece here to indicate how rewarding the lack of preconceived working methods can be. Soprano saxophonist, Ariel Shibolet at times strays ...