More Intimate Conversation, by Joe McPhee, Mikołaj Trzaska

More Intimate Conversation

by Joe McPhee, Mikołaj Trzaska

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1.	The Meaning of Life 10:14	buy track
2.	The Meaning of Love 07:03
3.	Trace Evidence (variations on a theme by Thelonious Monk) 06:39
4.	Double Solid: Solitude 06:32
5.	Double Solid: Loneliness 06:25

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Maciej Lewenstein:
A masterpiece of synergy and mutual understanding, intellectual and emotional depth, and the simple joy of collective playing!!! Exquisite and Terrific. It is a continuation of "Intimate Conversations" from 2006 recorded in trio with Jay Rosen. The present album is more mature and its title has double meaning: there are more intimate conversations, and the conversations are more intimate. "The Meaning of Life" is oscillating between using the keys and other effects, and more traditional dialogues of the pocket trumpet and alto, although in the final part Joe turns to the soprano. The sax duo is marvelous. The following "The Meaning of Love" starts also with quiet effects of the overblown trumpet, and develops into a trumpet/voice solo, supported by quite noises generated by the saxophone keys of Mikolaj. In the second half, Mikołaj Trzaska is louder and the track transforms itself into another intimate dialogue of the trumpet and alto. The quiet fragment is back for a short moment and the intimate discussion continues at a more emotional level. "Trace Evidence" is in fact variation on "Evidence" by Thelonious Monk, played wonderfully alto and soprano. This is my favorite track, probably for the sheer power and intensity of intimacy and emotional content.

"Double Solid: Solitude" is a slow tune that begins more abstractly and openly with another dialogue of two saxophones. Mikolaj plays then a touching solo until
he is joined by Joe on soprano, who takes over, being supported by the drumming of the alto keys. The final climax is by two crying saxophones. The closing "Double Solid: Loneliness" is very different. Mikolaj starts with an alto solo, which after the middle quiet part of acoustic ejects transforms into a trumpet statement. Outstanding stuff, recorded live at Good Shepard Chapel in Seattle, during Earshot Jazz Festival.

credits

released April 10, 2018

Joe McPhee: soprano saxophone, pocket trumpet
Mikołaj Trzaska - alto saxophone
Recorded in Seattle, October 26, 2017, at The Good Shepard Chapel during Earshot Jazz Festival