Soft and feathery sounding alto saxist Hayden Chisholm teams up with stablemates John Taylor/p and Matt Penman/b for a gentle and impressionistic collection of originals. Chisholm takes the air tone of Paul Desmond and adds helium to it to make it even lighter, creating a delicate swath on pieces like “Patche” and the fragile “Barely A Moon.” Piano and alto glide on ice on a semi free “So It Goes” while Chisholm cascades like a nimbus cloud on a breeze during “Inebriate Waltz” and he sighs with Penman on “Fly.” Debussyesque snowflakes are dancing with delight here.
Pirouet Records