Alive

Sound DNA

• Jazz

About

From http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jul/15/phronesis-alive-review As 2009's Green Delay album showed, the young, London-based ensemble Phronesis have a precocious compositional strength, hitching striking themes to engaging grooves; they have improv virtuosity to spare, but never show off, and make light of travelling the most devious rhythmic routes. This is a compelling session, recorded at Camden's Forge last year, with American drum star Mark Guiliana deputising for absent regular Anton Eger. Trio leader Jasper Høiby, a double-bassist with much of Dave Holland's agility and power, wrote all the pieces, which often revolve around buildups of layered rhythms setting bass patterns against contrasting drum rejoinders, .

via Last.fm

Tracklist

Credits