Verdens kanskje mest spennende pianist i stjernekonstellasjon med Smiths (Xiu Xiu) musikk og Maneris jazzfiolin imponerer.
Ches Smith (drums, percussion), with Craig Taborn (piano) and Mat Maneri (viola) together work with big-picture composition designed to be given meaning in the moment by three renown improvisers. Simultaneously process-oriented and iterative, each performance produces a new result, infused with the energy of following the moment’s thread.
The music and the group are captured on «THE BELL», a new recording for ECM to be released January, 2016.
Regarding the group’s debut at Winter Jazzfest NYC, 2014:
The best thing I caught all weekend was a superb trio led by drummer Ches Smith with pianist Craig Taborn and violist Mat Maneri, which expertly infused seductively draggy, narcotic writing with a mixture of brooding melody and rich texture. The band had sheet music, but it seemed to offer a loose road map rather than a strict score. – Chicago Reader
Smith composed a book of music that draws on the chemistry of the group, including through-composed material as well as pieces designed to be interpreted in open-ended ways where the material is funneled through the particular – and often peculiar – improvisational process of this ensemble.
The trio will release its debut, The Bell, for ECM January 15, 2016. This will be Ches Smith’s first studio album in almost three years. Given the acclaim of Smith’s three releases with his quintet These Arches (including Hammered’s 4 1⁄2 star «best of 2013» mention in Downbeat), this will be an anticipated record.
Ches Smith – trommer, Craig Taborn – piano, Mat Maneri – fiolin
