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mercredi 21 avril 2010

Paul Flaherty & Chris Corsano - Full Bottle

Paul Flaherty: alto & tenor saxophones
Chris Corsano: drums

"It's not a church anymore, it's an ex church, it's used now for cultural purposes, noot for praying and religious madness anymore." those are the exact words some random anxious pedestrian yelled at Chris Corsano and Paul Flaherty, trying to stop them from putting the St John Renaissance Theater in Louisville, Kentucky on fire. Paul Flaherty used his long grey beard to start the fire and blew as high as he could with a rusted tenor and alto saxophone, the flames went high, but not hight enough for Chris Corsano aka the last drummer on earth! Chris throws oil and lighter fluid on there to spice up the barbeque a bit. This is a beautiful live recording by these two amazing free jazz musicians from Massachussets/USA. It sounds a bit different than their other recordings as it is indeed recorded in a church. It has a thick/full natural reverb on it which gets fully adopted in their music!!!

2005 FULL BOTTLE (LP)

jeudi 8 avril 2010

C. Spencer Yeh, Paul Flaherty and Greg Kelley - New York Nuts & Boston Beans

Paul Flaherty: alto & tenor saxophone
C. Spencer Yeh: violin, voice
Greg Kelley: trumpet (tracks 4-5)

Last seen caterwauling righteously alongside drummer extraordinaire Chris Corsano, C. Spencer Yeh (violin) teams up with regular sparring partner Paul Flaherty (sax) for some more freeform excursions towards the outer limits. This time around trumpeter and all-round noisenik Greg Kelley joins in, making for a surprisingly addictive combination of timbres, often merging into one another and becoming incredibly difficult to distinguish from one another. These three standout voices from the American improv scene have made a seriously stunning album here, blending unexpected moments of lyrical musicality into the grisly melting pot of atavistic exclamations, screeching instrumental timbres and occasional primal vocal excursions. Heavy going, no doubt, but fans of contemporary free-jazz and general far-out improv will quite rightly lap this up in a big way.

2009 NEW YORK NUTS & BOSTON BEANS
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