February 12, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged lisle ellis, marco eneidi, peter valsamis, sound on survival live
Sound on survival, dont Philippe Elhem a chroniqué un précédent disque axé sur le blues (Américan roadwork cimp 312 in Improjazz 116) a regroupé sur ce cd trois morceaux de neuf à dix-huit minutes enregistrés à Amherst et un quatrième …
February 12, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged lisle ellis, marco eneidi, peter valsamis, sound on survival live
Non ci sono pretese di neutralità in queste improvvisazioni tratte da due concerti del trio Sound On Survival: il contrabbasso di Lisle Ellis, la batteria di Peter Valsamis e il sax alto di Marco Eneidi prendono subito possesso dello spazio …
February 12, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged lisle ellis, marco eneidi, peter valsamis, sound on survival live
Der freieste, abstrakteste verinnerlichte Ausdruck intimer, wilder, Energiegeladener Musik ist vor allem im Jazz zu finden, mal von Dixieland und anderen Festgefahrenheiten abgesehen. Da werden Instrumente zu Geliebten und die intensive Auseinandersetzung mit kraftvoller, eigenwilliger Komposition und lyrischer bis expressiver …
February 12, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged lisle ellis, marco eneidi, peter valsamis, sound on survival live
Occasional errata aside, listeners already wise to these three will find this set a welcome extension of their modest, but hopefully soon expanding studio ledger. Those just becoming acquainted are in for an even bigger treat. Sound on Survival taps the venerable energy source that most fans of free jazz find irresistible.
February 12, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged lisle ellis, marco eneidi, peter valsamis, sound on survival live
Eneidi's awesome alto chops are once more very much in evidence - I like to think his former teacher Jimmy Lyons would be proud of his exuberant post-bop yelps...
February 12, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged lisle ellis, marco eneidi, peter valsamis, sound on survival live
Sound on Survival Live is definitely not for the MTV set; the trio's approach is to let things develop over the long haul. Not in the modal sense: the group often turns direction on a dime. But what they do is play on until their ideas are exhausted. Not beyond that point, but right up to it. The result is a rewarding, if slightly draining, listen. Think of it as a workout and enjoy the burn.
February 12, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged lisle ellis, marco eneidi, peter valsamis, sound on survival live
... slowly simmering and building its way to an explosive sprint to the finish.
February 12, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged lisle ellis, marco eneidi, peter valsamis, sound on survival live
thanks a bunch for the great CD. i will play the dickens out of it here at radio station kwva, eugene, oregon: the seat of anarchy in the pacfic northwest! keep us in mind when you produce/create the out stuff. thanks for the great music. honored to play it
February 12, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged lisle ellis, marco eneidi, peter valsamis, sound on survival live
...It's intensely rhythmic music - even Eneidi treats the saxophone as almost a pulse generator, the source of abruptly fired-off impulses with a surprisingly regular rhythm (though he uses that regularity to create syncopation effects too).
February 12, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged lisle ellis, marco eneidi, peter valsamis, sound on survival live
These songs explode with life and vibrant ideas. As the liners say. ". . . more often than not . . . the songs come to an arbitrated (not arbitrary) ending." Exactly. All tangents aside, these men know what they're doing and, more importantly, where they're going.