Triolid

Triolid: Ur lamento

by Mark Corroto
April 2, 2003

Can you make demands upon pure improvisational music? The simple answer is no.

The more correct (and lengthy) response is to ask the same question of its listeners. What does one bring to the listening table? Does expectation and theory only dull the experience? The best approach (for many) is to consider the listening experience as meditation, and to open your ears to all possibilities.

The French improv band Triolid comes to most American ears ...