“a supreme case of empathetic music making in which respect doesn't cow either adventure or surprise” - AllAboutJazz
The follow-up to our Planktonic Finales album, Channels was recorded live at the fabled unerhört!-festival in Zürich in late November, 2017. It was a magical evening, all around, with a fine bill or artists and an amazingly focussed audience. And well-recorded, too. I’m so glad we captured this and that our friends at Intakt were eager to release it.
Crump / Laubrock / Smythe
CORY SMYTHE · piano
INGRID LAUBROCK · tenor & soprano saxophone
STEPHAN CRUMP · acoustic bass
“a dynamic, cohesive and lyrical story…written by three of today’s most creative voices in improvised music”
FreeJazzBlog ****1/2
“it’s this tendency to shy away from the obvious that makes the music so compelling”
Jazzwise
“a fluid narrative that explores both emotional and musical possibilities”
FreeJazzBlog ****1/2
“Every note, sound, and phrase feels as if it were meticulously placed”
FreeJazzBlog ****1/2
REVIEW LINKS
NYC Jazz Record