Jeff Kaiser / Tom McNalley

Jeff Kaiser / Tom McNalley: Zugzwang

by Jim Santella
October 18, 2006

Recorded live with no overdubs, this duo album features trumpeter Jeff Kaiser and guitarist Tom McNalley in a creative affair where noise plays a major role. The session is serious, contains plenty of motion, and comes with innumerable surprises. The album's title is a word that refers to forced movement, as in chess. How many times have we found ourselves sitting around wishing to pass on some opportunity or other when we find that we're compelled to take action? Apparently ...