From a 2016 concert performance recorded in Austria, bassist Arild Anderson and his team of Paulo Vinaccia/dr and Tommy Smith/ts deliver a high energy set of improvisations and mood creations. Vinaccia works overtime on the ride cymbal, fluttering like a hummingbird while Smith frantically screams his horn on the title track, while he flails over the free-form and aggressive “Venice.” Anderson and Vinaccia do some cataclysmic work together as Smith gasps on “Mira” and the rhythm team drives like a set of stallions on “North of the Northwind.” The leader shows his lyrical wares as he blueses up and pulsates like a sprinter on “Science” with the tempos waxing and waning like a tide pool. Lots of heat emitted on this evening’s event.
ECM Records