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Calling Signals 09 A Winter's Tour - Gjerstad, Corbett, Nilsson​-​Love, Stephens

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I recorded this music at Colchester Arts Centre which is housed in the converted chuch of, the splendidly named St Mary At The Walls. A large space, but unfortunately, on this occasion, we didn't attract much of a congregation. Nick Stephens

The extended tracks enable the band to stretch, reinvent, and generate a moveable aural feast. Microtonal, asymmetrical and revolving like a jagged loop with fractured incisions and expansive four-way dialogues, the music also contains an abundance of dips and spikes, restarts, pauses and thematic regenerations - All About Jazz, Glenn Astarita

Complementary phrasing creates a whole much greater than the sum of its parts, full of light and shade,borne of mastery of dynamics. Gjerstad deploys his sinuous alto sax and chirruping and whistling clarinets in easy colloquy with Corbett's incisive trumpet.Nilssen-Love emphasizes his delight in timbral manipulation and subtle detail. Stephens's earthy suppleness provides the golden thread that binds the separate contributions - John Sharpe, New York City Jazz Record.

These four musicians never hold back, making stories flow one after another, some of them explosive and terrifying, other mysterious and dark, others yet serene and fragile. Never overspoken, kept together by a focused narration, keeping the listener on toes as he's waiting excited to know what happens next.
Frode Gjerstad makes his clarinettes and alto flutter, Jon Corbett dialogues him with joyfull trumpet flurries and Paal Nilssen-Love enhances those with tricky polirythmics and percussion preparations. My special praise goes for the Nick Stephens as his playing presents some of the best double bass notes I've heard this year - well founded, deep wooden tone, presenting both the muscle and finesse, sharp and to the point: he's playing glues everyone else together.
So here it is : one hour of uncensored musical story that travels in so many places that it's impossible to describe. Great playing, great musicianship, great connection - a pleasure for any free-jazz-improv fan's ears (with Corbett and Stephens keeping it more jazz for a nice balance).Method in madness, fun in focus and the joy of exploration. Enjoy! - (Free)Jazz Alchemist

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released January 23, 2020

Frode Gjerstad - clarinets and alto saxophone
Jon Corbett - trumpet and valve trombone
Nick Stephens - double bass
Paal Nilssen-Love - percussion

Recorded live at Colchester Arts Centre
15th December 2009 by Nick Stephens
Mixed and produced by Nick Stephens
Artwork Fay Stephens

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British Bassist Nick Stephens created Loose Torque Records in 2005 to make available undocumented live recordings of improvised music and free jazz. The current catalogue of 30 CDs also features contemporary live and studio recordings.
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