- markus stauss project: new duos 'n' trios
(1992, cd, switzerland, xopf records cd nr.14)
"New Duos 'n' Trios" got recorded a bit over 20 years ago. The album presents extracts from live recordings that featured two improvising trios on the same stage.
The first trio consists of Markus Stauss (saxes & digital horn), Jean Chaine (bass) and David Moss (percussion, voice and electronics), while the second trio is made up of Ellen Christi (voice), Thomi Hirt (bass) and Dieter Ulrich (drums & bugle).
The result is fascinating to say the least. There are moments that you hear one trio improvising. There's other moments when you will hear another trio improvising. And sometimes both trios improvise together.
Some of the more structured pieces remind me a lot of what Zappa & The Mothers were doing, while the improvised moments result in beautiful free jazz soundscapes.
This is great.
I've been listening to it all morning and I can't get enough.
http://www.fazzulmusic.ch
It makes me happy to read that one of my old CDs still may enjoy the listener.
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