(Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation) [CD] Ask (Martin Archer, John Jasnoch, Charlie Collins, Angela Rosenfeld) - Acoustic Quartet 2006 - 2006, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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Live concert recording by John Jasnoch at Notes & Sounds, The Red Deer, Sheffield, 30th January 2006.
Mastered by Ian Stead.
Artwork by Abracadaver, laid to rest by Herve Perez.
As the title suggests this is something of an evoluntionary leap for the largely electronic, studio based duo of Archer and Jasnoch. Here, an expanded ASK plays a live set of five lengthy, untitled improvisations, using exclusively acoustic instrumentation. It's a setting which seems to encourage some of the most "conventional" playing heard from Archer in a long time, and a definite nod toward the iconic peregrinations of Anthony Braxton: with its vibraphone tinkering and guttural alto bursts, the opener could almost be a lost cut from Braxton's This Time. There are plenty of delightful, spontaneous flowerings throughout - such as Archer's bluesy bluesy lick that takes off three minutes into the second piece or Jasnoch's middle eastern oud plucking joined by a slithering sopranino six minutes into track three. For admirers of both European improv and old-school Chicago free-jazz, this one is a must. - Daniel Spicer, Jazzwise
Archer tends to sound acerbically assertive.....Jasnoch is tuneful and allusive.....Collins oddly raw on vibraphone.....Rosenfeld's contribution is subtle and cohesive. AACM values seem to provide the main springboard into this music - Julian Cowley, WIRE
Usually occupied with recording studio-intensive electronic music featuring synthesizers, sampling and sound manipulation, British reedist Martin Archer returns to his acoustic roots here. Concisely described by its title, the disc is 73 minutes of improv in the raw, that while a bit meandering, is as notable as Archer’s more self-consciously analytical electro-acoustic projects. Not only does Archer stick to sopranino and alto saxophones plus bass recorder, but long-time partner John Jasnoch eschews electricity to play acoustic 12-string guitar, oud, mandolin and frame drum. Angela Rosenfeld appends multiphonic cello lines and Charlie Collins adds a sound veneer with background and foreground vibraphone and percussion textures. Diffident and jaunty at junctures, the ongoing improvisations often rely on broken octave intersections, with say, Rosenfeld’s sul ponticello, tremolo rasps matched with Collins’ concussive vibe reverberations; or Archer’s repetitive flutter tonguing and slurs decorated by Jasnoch’s flanged yet decorous finger-picking. Surprisingly, for players wedded to technology, an extended section of the lengthiest – almost 32 minute – improvisation finds the group suggesting the sounds of nomads sitting around a desert fire rattling and rubbing percussion instruments. Nasal and cavernous near moose calls from the recorder plus dense scrawls and scrapes from the cello pulsate above hollow frame drum thumps until the piece finally turns more abstract. Guided by Collins’ plucking individual strings beneath the guitar’s bridge and the vibist’s ringing tones, an earlier theme is then recapped, until deciding that sounds can’t be further minimized, the players dissolve into guffaws. Impressively personal music, the CD proves that there are still many acoustic timbres to explore – even for those committed to studio-based, high-tech formats. - Ken Waxman, Jazz Word
This CD, on this listening, I love. There's a real sense of the sounds unfurling in the moment. Collins' percussion really makes it for me, and the other players exercise the discretion to shut up and just leave him to it from time to time. - MUSIC ARCADES

Martin Archer: sopranino and alto saxophones, bass recorder
John Jasnoch: 12 string guitar, mandolin, ud, frame drum
Angela Rosenfeld: cello
Charlie Collins: vibraphone, waterphone, mbira
Audience participation at end of track 3 by
Dave Clayton: wood, glass, ceramics, narration