Trio 3 + Geri Allen ~ All About Jazz
Trio 3 + Geri Allen
At This Time
Intakt
2009
One might think that adding a pianist to the equation would shake up the order enough that the longstanding group aesthetic is turned on its head. However, Trio 3 is an open enough group that the addition of a strong fourth personality shifts the dynamic rather than changing it.
Allen's keen awareness of tense space and how to punctuate and drive it up a notch are evident from plucked piano strings, wooden knocks and, on Lake's "Long Melody," unsettling paper rustle. Alternately, her pointillist blues are laconic behind Lake's flute on "Tey" or rumbling gospel on "Lake's Jump."
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posted by Jeffery Morse @ 9:32 PM
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