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Dave Liebman / Evan Parker/ Tony Bianco: Relevance
ByLiebman had long wanted to play with Parker, and his hopes materialized through drummer Tony Bianco, who arranged for the performance to take place. As Liebman tells it, they said "hello," went onstage and improvised two sets that each went on for over 70 minutes.
The empathy between the three, which is stunning, runs right across the sets, balanced between intense, driving improvisation and gentler, melodic permutations
How much intensity can two saxophonists derive? The answer comes on "Part 1," which has angular trajectories and quicksilver shards that never lag. The pace is intense, as Parker and Liebman engage each other through a host of intertwining elements. In a situation like this, with both playing soprano and tenor saxophones, it is difficult to tell them apart. But it is that very situation which makes the music amazing, as they establish and nourish a symbiotic relationship.
"Part 4" is the calm before the end. Bianco, the integral driving magnet of polyrhythm, is a surge of ideas that slowly raise the tempo. Liebman rinses it with a pastoral air on Indian bamboo flute, as he shapes a melody and then lets it blossom. Parker is introspective on tenor, as he caresses a steely edge and then unreels a tumble of nimble phrases.
Free, volatile and airily becoming, Liebman, Parker and Bianco pack it all in spades.
Track Listing
Relevance (1st Set) Part 1; Relevance (1st Set) Part 2; Relevance (2nd Set) Part 3; Relevance (2nd Set) Part 4.
Personnel
Dave Liebman
saxophone, sopranoDave Liebman; soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone; Indian bamboo flute; Evan Parker: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone; Tony Bianco: drums.
Album information
Title: Relevance | Year Released: 2010 | Record Label: Red Toucan Records
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About Dave Liebman
Instrument: Saxophone, soprano
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