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Buffalo Suicide Prevention Unit: Buffalo Suicide Prevention Unit

by Terrell Kent Holmes
March 29, 2006

Buffalo Suicide Prevention Unit takes free playing to its outer limits on this self-titled release, improvising the tunes in the studio and letting everyone's collective musical instincts work toward creating a coherent whole. Because the tunes were improvised during recording, the disc sounds closer to a live performance than a studio session, underscoring the concept. The opening cut, “Nothing Purifies Like Fire, lets you know what to expect. This half-minute of frenetic interplay by reedman Steve Baczkowski ...