Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Recording: West/Clutton/Fraser

Artist: Brodie West/Rob Clutton/Nick Fraser

Songs: [two pieces]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), January 8, 2020.

Brodie West/Rob Clutton/Nick Fraser - [set 1, 1st piece excerpt]

Brodie West/Rob Clutton/Nick Fraser - [set 2, 2nd piece]

What a gift — I mean, geez, what a goddam gift! — to get a chance to see musicians with such a deep knowledge of each other playing together like this. Sparing space in jams and bands stretching back to Drumheller and beyond, these confederates whispered and shouted, picking up on stray bits of half-remembered standards before roaring off into the stratosphere. (Bassis Rob Clutton was the most serene on this night, often holding back when Fraser's drums and West's alto hit the turbo button.)

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