Rae Howell

Eugene Skeef & Rae Howell: Heavy Forest Air

by Ian Patterson
February 20, 2014

The key words of the sparse liner notes are “created live," as Heavy Forest Air documents improvisations between percussionist/multi-faceted artist Eugene Skeef and vibraphonist/multi-instrumentalist Rae Howell, in the Rolston Recital Hall of the famous Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada. There were no charts and no overdubs--just two musicians responding to the evolving stimuli of the moment. The three pieces--two long improvisations and one short one--feature Australian Howell on vibraphone and marimba, and South African Skeef on a range of skin and ...