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PLAY continues Drimala Records’ ongoing
exploration of the art of the duet. On this recording pianist
Michael Jefry Stevens is joined for the first time since the early 1990s
by former Mosaic Sextet band mate Michael Rabinowitz on bassoon.
Performing an improvisational, some might say through composed, journey
somewhere along the third stream, the two Michaels create a listening
experience that is as varied and rich musically as it is deep
aesthetically.
The music is open, powerful, graceful, and
reflective, but most of all there is a statement of possibility here as
each musician allows the other space to fully explore their respective
aesthetic. As one might expect for a journey along the third stream,
yes one can hear echoes of Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky, and even
Vivaldi in the music. And, yes one can
also hear echoes of Rabinowitz’s work with Mingus’ charts and Stevens’
20 years of jazz explorations. But one can also hear the echoes of an
unheard music, a music not yet played. It is this artful continuum of
possibility along the past, the present, and the future without cliché
or reference that makes the music of Stevens and Rabinowitz so
rewarding.
14
tracks in
65 minutes.
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