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This album is a quite interesting experiment. Finally someone is trying to say something new in an old type of setting. Organ/guitar trio has always been used as a vehicle for blues expression and there's nothing wrong with it. I treasure a lot of records of this kind. Anyway I feel that musicians of this caliber can break the boundaries of the organ/guitar trio and explore new grounds in jazz and improvisational music. Aebercrombie, Wall, Nussbaum all together they have this kind of potential. Here we can find a fine example of such an intent. Aebercrombie is a fantastic jazz player and so are Wall and Nussbaum. Anyway this is an experiment, a step in the right direction but not the perfect album. Interaction is really good, solos are adventurous, but it still lacks a little bit of magic for what I am concerned. I, as a jazz player myself, would have played different material. A couple of swinger more, a dreamy ipnotic ballad like Blue'n'green or Naima for example, and a couple of more adventurous experiment. In order to find a stronger equilibrium in the expression, in the communication with people: something old, something new. Anyway the musicianship all along this album is top quality. I appreciate this album but I think its setting has still a lot of unexpressed potentials from these three. Hope for the future.

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Way too tame
This is a live performance by a working band. An organ trio with all members on equal footing. I know these guys can kick but for me there is no spark here. Maybe it's Dan Wall's pensive use of the B3 (I've never heard anyone else use it the way he does). Oh, the guys get in a groove and there is some give and take. If you like the intellectual side of jazz, this is probably for you. If you're looking for some heat, well ... maybe not.