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Trio Sowari: Shortcut

Read "Shortcut" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Someone is listening. Shortcut, the second release by European minimalist improvisation group Trio Sowari is proof enough. They're listening, not in the auditory sense, but in the experience of harkening, attending, and actually hearing.Trio Sowari is comprised of Phil Durant, the English violinist turned electronics specialist, Swiss saxophonist Bertrand Denzler, and German percussionist Burkhard Beins. This release, like 2005's Three Dances (Potlatch Records), is a schooled recording, favoring restraint over noise and texture over chaos.Don't plan ...

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Trio Sowari: Three Dances

Read "Three Dances" reviewed by Mark Corroto


The initial challenge of approaching a recording by a group such as Trio Sowari is downplaying the visual aspects of improvised music. Even though music is an auditory experience, as listeners we constantly require visual confirmation of what our ears are taking in. Perhaps a DVD would fill the prescription, but then again your eyes would miss what your ears and imagination open into with the experience of Three Dances.

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ShortCut

Potlatch Records
2008

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Three Dances

Potlatch Records
2005

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