All compositions by Mat Maneri, Joelle Leandre and Craig Taborn
Recorded live by Maikol Seminatore on February 12 2022 at The?atre Antoine Vitez, Ivry-sur Seine, France as part of Festival Sons d’hiver
Mixing: Joelle Leandre and Maikol Seminatore
Mastering: Maikol Seminatore
Liner notes: Stuart Broomer
Photographies: Margaux Rodrigues
Cover design: Max Schoendorff
Cover realization: David Bourguignon
Executive producer: Michel Dorbon
“Improvisation”, “free improvisation”, “improvised music” …any encounter with the higher frequencies of this music makes the terms we employ to name it slightly awkward. “Improvisation” a noun, a thing; “improvised” a past participle; “free” suggests something easy, maybe disconnected. There’s no easy solution, but when listening to this music there should be a name that suggests its dynamism, its enduring reshaping, the way it shifts and grows in depth the more often we hear it. What is most striking here is the music’s connectedness. It’s music that’s simultaneously becoming more connected and more unstuck the more often we hEAR it, music of great hEARt and great mind. Stuart Broomer
Many thanks to Fabien Simon the whole Sons d’hiver team as well as to The?atre Antoine Vitez d’Ivry where this album has been recorded.
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