Free Play, by Jon Corbett, Nick Stephens, Tony Marsh

Free Play

by Jon Corbett, Nick Stephens, Tony Marsh

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Label Spotlight - Loose Torque is the audio equivalent of a small press publisher that concentrates on aesthetics - The New York City Jazz Record 2011
Bassist Stephens' imprint publishes some of the finest jazz-tinged improvisation around - Touching Extremes.
The discs are very well done, as is their packaging - Stuart Broomer, Point of Departure.

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	1.	One 27:28
	2.	Two 18:55
	3.	Free 22:12

about

You put on the record and you know you're in the British free improv scene, with sounds that bounce against each other, erupting and surfacing like lava bubbles in the hottest possible environment as a kind of state, visible, approachable, almost intimate, still far away from the effects and the dynamics of the whole volcano exploding.
The state is now, the music is now : notes skittering away, bustling, fluttering, trembling, vibrating, shimmering in short bursts, coming up, boiling with expression, disappearing and reappearing in a great physical tour-de-force of nervous and agitated energy, like the crazy clots of paints on a Pollock canvas, all expressivity and colorful power.
The trio at work here are the masters of the art, with Jon Corbett on trumpet, valve trombone, bamboo flute and conch shell, Nick Stephens on bass, and the late Tony Marsh on percussion. The album is a tribute to the drummer who passed away in 2012. The performance itself dates from 2010.
This is in-the-moment music, with no real plan, no preconfigured structure, no longitudinal dynamics, no progression or evolution to speak of, just naked surprises and interaction, raw and authentic, as pure as it gets in terms of sounds, like birds having a great time in the trees - Stef Free Jazz www.freejazzblog.org

credits

released March 24, 2020

Jon Corbett - trumpet, valve trombone, wood flute and conch shell
Nick Stephens - double bass
Tony Marsh - percussion

Recorded 27th July 2010
Recorded and produced by Nick Stephens
Artwork Fay Stephens

Dedicated to our friend and colleague Tony Marsh 1939-2012

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Loose Torque London, UK

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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