Ilia Belorukov

Ilia Belorukov, Gabriel Ferrandini: Disquiet

by Don Phipps
July 9, 2019

"Energetic" may not be a strong enough word to describe this fascinating collaboration between Russian saxophonist Ilia Belorukov and American drummer Gabriel Ferrandini. Like the near-infinite splatter-patterns of a Pollack painting, the two drip, drop, slam, stutter and explode across the musical canvas of their album Disquiet, with a sense of urgency that brings to mind the great ruminative duets of Cecil Taylor with a number of outstanding percussionists—Max Roach, Tony Oxley, Thurman Barker, Han Bennink. Like those duets, this ...