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The very busy bassist Max Johnson has released The Prisoner, inspired by the 1967 British TV series that starred Patrick McGoohan as a secret agent help captive by a mysterious organization. The CD features Ingrid Laubrock, Mat Maneri and Tomas Fujiwara. Here’s an excerpt from my review: “…even in the freer passages there’s always something anchoring the music - a rhythm, a bass line, a repeating figure - that provides some structure but doesn’t sacrifice the feeling that the musicians generate. There are some exciting passages where free-form explorations suddenly transition into theme statements with a swinging pulse, and then take a right turn in another direction. You never know what’s coming next, which from what little I know of the plot of the show is probably what is intended.” You can read the full review of The Prisoner on my blog improvised.
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Bassist Max Johnson has a new one coming out in February, with Kirk Knuffke on cornet and Ziv Ravitz on drums. Here's an excerpt from my review: "I like how the Trio lets the music unfold organically, somewhat like Other Dimensions in Music used to do, although the structure is compositionally-based, all from the pen of Johnson. There’s an appealing openness and looseness to the sound, and when things get uptempo I’m reminded of Ornette’s classic quartet (without the alto, of course) in the way the bass and drums propel things forward." You can read the full review on my blog.
