John Escreet - Sound, Space and Structures on CD

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Product Description The impressive collaboration between John Escreet s Trio and the luminary saxophonist Evan Parker on Sound, Space and Structures is truly revelatory. It provides a wonderful example of an innovator without boundaries working with equally passionate musicians of the next generation who plan to keep rattling expectations. The Doncaster-born Escreet moved to New York in 2006. His deft approach to piano brought him quick attention from press and peers and allowed him to perform alongside many of jazz s most celebrated musicians, including Antonio Sanchez, Chris Potter, Tyshawn Sorey, Ambrose Akinmusire and David Binney. Escreet s own projects have focused around his Trio and Quintet - called the John Escreet Project - and have increasingly branched out into the worlds of modern classical and electronic music. Escreet has been a long time fan of the master improviser Evan Parker. A perfect opportunity for an initial meeting presented itself when Parker was invited to curate a week at John Zorn s performance space, The Stone. He invited Escreet and his Trio to perform with him on September 18th, 2013. As Parker was in town for another week, Escreet arranged a recording session at Sear Sound on September 25th. The recording session generated a number of very different pieces, which Escreet edited down to nine tracks for release, showcasing each individual and the results of their tremendous congregation. Review 4 / 5 **** New York-based British expat pianist Escreet often writes intricate music for speed-of-light improvisers, his structures spun around the nucleus of his superb trio with bassist John Hébert and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. But this lean, purposeful set, for a quartet augmented by British sax pioneer Evan Parker, is entirely improvised. A thundering piano/drums opener eventually turns to free-jazz showers of sound; Hébert and Escreet shadow Parker's looping soprano sax cycles, and prepared-piano pluckings accompany deep outbreaths of the tenor sax. A dark piano reverie joins with violin-like patterns, and an exhilarating piece of flat-out free swing testifies to the quartet's new-found empathy. Plenty of interesting contexts have been devised for Parker's sound, but this is special, and it would be intriguing to hear it live. --The Guardian, Thursday 20 June 2014