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LIve at the Tampere Jazz Happening 2000 by Kidd Jordan/Joel Futterman/Alvin Fielder Trio
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fave it Free Jazz | Experimental
7 tracks | 68 minutes
Released Jun 2004
on Charles Lester Music (formerly IML Records)
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Jazz based improvisational music performed live by three legendary master musical innovators. These three musicians have individually and collectively reshaped the genre of free jazz. Named by Cadence Magazine as one of the top releases of 2004.
Editorial review
It is rare, especially in the world of free jazz, for players to perform together continuously, in part due to the perceived need to search for new sources of creativity. While each of the members of this collective performs in other groups, they continue to return to this core trio, presumably because the wells of inspiration never seem to dry up. These freely improvised tracks were recorded at the Tampere Jazz Happening 2000, an international creative music festival held during the darkest days of Finland's notorious fall season. Those familiar with the group's previous work should not be surprised by the level of intensity nor the virtuosic displays. Those coming to the group for the first time might be shell-shocked by its more than occasional ferociousness, particularly from the piano and saxophone. Joel Futterman's debt to Cecil Taylor hardly needs to be reiterated, but he also blows a soprano sax (usually curved) and an Indian wooden flute, each of which he has become more comfortable over time. The trio retains its essential core, with Futterman flying through the keyboards with unmitigated speed, like a sprinter running his last race; Kidd Jordan plowing through clipped phrases with unrelenting zeal; and Alvin Fiedler alternately keeping things moving or holding them in stride, or both. It is a good group because the players are top-notch technically, they know the others' moods, probably what they each had for breakfast, and they are able to build on common ground rather than stagnate in quotidian familiarity. Yes, you might have heard these fellows before, but every chance to hear this dynamic trio live is a big treat. In this concert setting they have time to stretch, and the audience clearly appreciates and inspires them. ~ Steven Loewy, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
This recording captures the critically acclaimed concert performance ofthree masterful improvisational music artists. For over an hour the Trio mesmerized and captivated their appreciative audience with an outpouring of endless creative energy. This recording expresses the magic of the moment in which the Trio drew their creative energies not only from each other but from their entranced audience. From the very first musical phrases to the very last, the Trio takes the listener on an adventurous and imaginative musical journey characterized by their deep innate sense of connection and close communication that allows each to transform their individual creativity into a single, synergistic musical expression. This is a tight improvisational Trio who produce kinetic, inspired and highly engrossing music created entirely "in-the-moment."
Edward "Kidd" Jordan
The legendary saxophonist Kidd Jordan is acclaimed internationally as one of the true master improvisers still performing today.
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