Sonic Jackson Pollocks hit the canvas of your ears…
The trio of Natsuki tamura/tp, Satoko Fujii/p and Takashi Itani/dr-perc celebrate the pianists 60th year with some free from compositions. There are unison lines of piano and horn that veer in and out on “Climb the Rapids” while some verifiable post bop grooves are created on “Swoop” while ambient and ominous moods form with squeaking horn sounds on “Yozora.” Dark chords team with brass splats on the title track and lots of crashes and kinetic moments create a traffic jam on “Prime Number.” Intuitive.
Fujii teams with Joe Fonda/b-fl and Gianni Mimmo/ss on four originals that give images of space explorations. Piano strings strum along atmospheric flute on “Available Gravity” with bowed bass and abstract ivories create a ionic distribution on ”Birthday Girl.” Lurking piano notes scurry during ”Joe Melts the Water Boiler” after the reeds screech and scrape for “No More Bugs.” Boldly going where no man has gone before?