LUCA SISERA ROOFER Featuring ALEXEY KRUGLOV - Moscow Files
Leo Records CD LR811
Michael Jaeger, tenor saxophone; Maurus Twerenbold, trombone; Yves Theiler, piano; Michi Stulz, drums; Luca Sisera, bass; with Alexey Kruglov, alto saxophone
Recorded at Vladimir Rozdin Vintage Sound Studio, Moscow, March 2017
An excellent recording of improv from the band that got it together in the studio between concert gigs, while touring in Russia. Should there have been any lingering reservations about a Russian incentive towards the Avant Gard, the presence of the vitality of Kruglov in the genre would have reassured the most doubtful. Like Kruglov himself, this band never leans towards gimmickry for the sake of it.
The session is entirely artless, pure improvisation from the very first note and as with so many of our excellent ‘free’ musicians, this ensemble too exhibits that empathy in its collective performance. The energy may seem at times suppressed, but its current is always felt – just beneath the surface – and at times it seems to yield to pauses of almost reverential silence, yet still the vigour holds.
Though compact and graceful thus far, the final track suddenly bursts upon us, a thrilling expansion that reiterates the very cravings of any audience pursuing musical autonomy. It is a unique, collective experience and the whole is a live recital that is quite complete.
Reviewed by Ken Cheetham
Leo Records CD LR811
Michael Jaeger, tenor saxophone; Maurus Twerenbold, trombone; Yves Theiler, piano; Michi Stulz, drums; Luca Sisera, bass; with Alexey Kruglov, alto saxophone
Recorded at Vladimir Rozdin Vintage Sound Studio, Moscow, March 2017
An excellent recording of improv from the band that got it together in the studio between concert gigs, while touring in Russia. Should there have been any lingering reservations about a Russian incentive towards the Avant Gard, the presence of the vitality of Kruglov in the genre would have reassured the most doubtful. Like Kruglov himself, this band never leans towards gimmickry for the sake of it.
The session is entirely artless, pure improvisation from the very first note and as with so many of our excellent ‘free’ musicians, this ensemble too exhibits that empathy in its collective performance. The energy may seem at times suppressed, but its current is always felt – just beneath the surface – and at times it seems to yield to pauses of almost reverential silence, yet still the vigour holds.
Though compact and graceful thus far, the final track suddenly bursts upon us, a thrilling expansion that reiterates the very cravings of any audience pursuing musical autonomy. It is a unique, collective experience and the whole is a live recital that is quite complete.
Reviewed by Ken Cheetham
