(Free Jazz, Avant-Garde) Free Music Quintet - Free Music 1 And 2 - 2000, FLAC (tracks+.cue) lossless

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REM GENRE "Free Jazz"
REM DATE 1968
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One of the most uncompromising free jazz records ever made, this one-off improvisation by a group of Dutch players, led by percussionist Pierre Courbois, is an archetype of the style. Free jazz doesn't just require a lot of unrestrained blowing and freeform noise, although there are passages of that here. The two lengthy improvs build from placid beginnings, as each member adds various percussion instruments to the growing cacophony, before reedsman Peter van der Locht (at times playing two saxes at once á la Rahsaan Roland Kirk) and trumpeter Boy Raaymakers let loose. All five players get their chances to lead the quintet, although there's a minimum of soloing. Courbois drives both improvs, and there's a five-minute stretch starting about seven minutes into "Free Music Number One" where he simply explodes, bashing a trap kit and a variety of other objects like the cartoon Tasmanian Devil on a dozen espressos, armed with a pair of baseball bats. There's an impressive sense of dynamics to the improvs, both of which have sections of near-silence mixed in with the explosions, and there's a structural unity to each improv despite the lack of musical themes or other familiar signposts.

This outrageous set of avant-garde improvisation was committed to tape in 1968 by Dutch musicians Pierre Corbois, Peter Van De Locht, Boy Raaymakers, ferdy Rikkers and Erwin Somer, with bandleader Corbois having already made a name for himself playing with the likes of John Coltrane. This 1968 LP starts off with some atmospheric bowstrokes - on both percussion and strings, creating an air of tension and unstable harmony before the horns blast through with disjointed, spluttered phrasings. The first nineteen minute piece never settles ,with choppy violin and rumbling drums keeping you on tenterhooks while the wind instruments bluster about the place boisterously. For the second piece, the horns are very much running the show, although much credit is due for the inventive use of percussion, which injects a real sense of energy and motion via the drumkit, whilst contributing some bright vibraphone melodies elsewhere. By no means an easy ride, this is probably one of the more bewilderingly adventurous exercises in free improvisation on the ESP Disk catalogue, made perhaps more confusing by the fact that it's such a team effort, with no one performer stealing the spotlight for any length of time. Highly recommended.

Boy Raaymakers - tp, bugle, perc
Peter Van Der Locht - ss, ts, picc fl, perc
Erwin Somer - vln, vib, perc
Ferdinand Rikkers - b, perc
Pierre Courbois - perc