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Today's Play Jon Corbett Nick Stephens Tony Marsh

by Loose Torque

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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
    The discs are very well done, as is their packaging - Stuart Broomer, Point of Departure.
    Bassist Stephens' imprint publishes some of the finest jazz-tinged improvisation around - Touching Extremes.

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Line and Length 18:51
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Leg Spin 12:19
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In The Outfield 15:39
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Reverse Swing 09:46
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The Last Over Before Tea 05:02

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Nick Stephens thrives in a trio where he can soak up space with booming long notes, slip in a sleek line between the splash of cymbals and the texture of a horn, and place otherworldly arco color in the foreground. The bassist is the fulcrum of two of the better albums by improvising trios this year: the debut of Instinctual Ear with Frode Gjerstad and Kevin Norton (Barking Hoop; reviewed in PoD 6) and Trio Fo’s Breaking Silence (loosetorque.com/triofo.html), featuring flutist Neil Metcalfe and drummer Tony Marsh. Today’s Play is equally fine, a percolating set with Marsh and trumpeter Jon Corbett. Both Corbett and Marsh share Stephen’s feel for flecking improvisations with just enough jazz-derived materials to provide perspective and sustain forward rhythmic movement, but without saturating the music entirely. This relatively low-keyed jazzcentricism informs even counterintuitive experiments as “Reverse Swing,” where the trio uses unorthodox phrasing and rhythms to create a decidedly unjazzy flow. For most of the set, however, the music is a compilation of the fleeting responses of what’s flying past each of the musicians. In this context, their jazz backgrounds come into play in the fullest sense of the word. So, is this free jazz as opposed to improvised music? It’s a close call; but, given how the jazz elements seep into the music instead of setting its terms, it tips towards improvised music - Bill Shoemaker at Point Of Departure

Corbett’s’ playing, while relying mostly on conventionally-pitched utterances, springs meditatively into high-register gestures and, on occasion, into wild vibrato-driven frenzy that somehow, ironically, has calm at it’s core. Stephens’ Arco takes on an orchestral sheen, jumping register at a moments notice, while Marsh’s arsenal of brushes and mallets is at the ready. Energy bows to reflection, but one never eclipses the other. Forward motion remains the order of the day - Mark Medwin at All About Jazz New York

Tony Marsh’s delicately articulate touch is a definite plus, his extraordinary inventiveness not diminished by the total control that his technique exercises on an otherwise intense necessity of tripping outside the canons of jazz. An album of exquisite pleasures, finely interpreted by experienced artists who own a sensitive side which they aren’t afraid to show; for sure, one of the very best Loose Torque releases - Massimo Ricci at Touching Extremes

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released July 1, 2006

Jon Corbett - trumpet
Nick Stephens - double Bass
Tony Marsh - drums

Recorded by Nick Stephens 18th November 2005
Produced by Nick Stephens
Art and design Fay Stephens

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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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