Core Trio (Feat.Robert Boston)

This is a 45 minute free improvisation with Seth Paynter - sax, Richard Cholakian - drums/electronics, Thomas Helton - bass and special guest, pianist Robert Boston. Although listed with 2 tracks, it is actually one long improvised piece. The configuration of musicians on this disc are engaging in an improvisational dialogue of high level interplay,high concept,intense musicality and exquisite taste.

Nothing is rushed,nothing is forced, everything feels natural-and thou experimental in sound nothing sounds brittle,they all understand the resonance of pitch as it relates to the overall sound world of this group. Every group member feels their own space while simultaneously feeling how it relates to the gestalt of the whole ensemble effect--oh and they make every pitch and gesture count, with resonance.

Every gesture has it's own momentum that either moves the music forward or sits for it's own portrait in a zen like way.

These guys obviously know musiCathe music here creates it's own time and space but is an outgrowth of internalizing modern music in it's many many facets.

And what's most important the players sound like there is a real sense of joy in the making of the music that can't but help to rub off on the listener-in other words this is a beautifulabeautiful experience. - Matthew Shipp.