Recording: Newman-Abbott-Milmine

Artist: Paul Newman/Brian Abbott/Kayla Milmine

Song: [1st set improvisation]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), July 2, 2018.

Paul Newman/Brian Abbott/Kayla Milmine - [1st set improvisation]

In an extra-early set that cruised the boundaries between performance and open rehearsal, this trio (frequent collaborators in all possible combinations) settled into the blissful coolness of the Southern Cross on a sticky, sweltering day to try out some new compositions. Surveying mockingbirds, the Moon, and The Beagle, the pieces had plenty of drift, distortion-bursts and even some deflating balloon squeaks. Given their keen interest in the material (and a modest, undemanding audience) the trio decided to survey a couple of the pieces again in a second set. They also closed out each of the sets with an improvisation, and given these players' familiarity with each others' conceptions, those spontaneous pieces had a similar feel to where they had just been with the through-composed work.