"While this is indeed fully improvised music, the duo is dedicated to euphonic sound. The music is never discordant as the two blend the sometimes slippery blues of Eskelin against the proper European chamber notes of Courvoisier. Her admirable band-in-a-box approach to all parts of her piano, heard on the title track, finds her knocking on wood, plucking insides, mining the utmost from the waves of energy she creates through the palpable feeling. Eskelin comments, responds, and works the edges of her energy. Later on the more direct "Accidentals," both players step up to the front line, bouncing whole notes off each other. But mostly the music tends toward a more courteous and sympathetic tone, making it possible to hear both musicians with full clarity of sound." - Mark Corroto, All About Jazz
credits
released May 1, 2009
All selections improvised by Ellery Eskelin & Sylvie Courvoisier.
Recorded on September 25th, 2008 at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Engineered and Mastered by Mike Marciano.
Photography by Ellery Eskelin
Design by Scott Friedlander TwoStools
Special thanks to Shawn McGrew for making this project possible.
Originally released as a CD on prime source recordings.
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