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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | June 10th 16 |
The name of this European free jazz trio is a bit peculiar before you hear them, but even the most cursory of listens will clue you in onto why they're so aptly named. Peter Brotzmann is the man who brought this together, and he does his thing on the saxophone near-perfectly throughout the runtime, but the real star of the show is Michael Wertmuller. Not only does he handle the drumming on this LP, which is complete with intricate fills and blast beats, but he also puts into use various electroacoustic techniques. While these techniques are sometimes used to bring a further unstructured and haphazard feel to the music, the only times the album ever feels structured is under the spell of these techniques. This is most notable on the second half of the record, which takes an even stranger form than the dissonant free jazz of the first. Throw in some truly excellent and imposing bass work by Marino Pliakas, and you have yourself one of the best jazz records of the year so far.
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