Fernández / Parker / Guy / Lytton
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Grabado en L'Auditori, Barcelona, el 26 de Marzo de 2006
Ingeniero de sonido Ferran Conangla

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Nine pieces of impulsive, on-the-fly sounds from a core trio of British legends: the saxophonist Evan Parker, improv/contemporary classical bassist Barry Guy and drummer Paul Lytton - joined by Agusti Fernandez, the most accomplished Catalan jazz pianist since the postbopper Tete Montoliu. Fernandez joined the long-suspended British trio in Barcelona last year to add a seamless Cecil Taylor-like sound-stream to fast tailchasers such as Coalescence, darkly sinister or nimbly banjo-like plucked-strings noises here and there, and scary, door-slam chords. Pieces such as Still Listening, true to its title, are long silences punctuated by bursts of activity. There are extended outings for the endlessly resourceful Guy (who both dramatises the music and hugely broadens the sound stage) and fast, chattering pieces, with Fernandez's and Parker's high, repeating figures doubling each other over Lytton's taut, tambourine-like drumming. It's full of selfless expertise, and (for an improv set) remarkably full of contrasts.

John Fordham
The Guardian, viernes 23 de noviembre de 2007