(Free Jazz) John Blum - Astrogeny Quartet - 2006, FLAC (tracks+.cue) lossless

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Pianist John Blum was born in New York in 1968 & has been a mainstay of that city's free jazz scene for well over a decade, but he remains woefully under-recorded, despite an exceptional pedigree: studies with Bill Dixon, Milford Graves, Borah Bergman & Cecil Taylor. His work is quite distinct from that of Bergman & Taylor. Both have always been highly note-sensitive --even in the latter's more exuberant moments, there's an implacable logic of pitch & interval --but Blum is more concerned with shape & contour than individual notes.
This is Blum's first release under his own name since Naked Mirror, his impressive 2002 solo debut, but was in fact recorded four years before that, & is the first --& as it turned out only-- concert by the Astrogeny Quartet, in which the pianist was joined by expat Italian altoist/clarinetist Antonio Grippi & the titanic rhythm team of William Parker & Denis Charles. The quartet was short-lived because Charles died barely six weeks later. But the percussionist is with Blum every inch of the way, punctuating his stream of consciousness texts with strategic commas on tom toms & snare. Parker lays down his asymmetrical grooves, powering the music forward without ever dragging it into regular tempo.
Grippi's contribution is not to be overlooked: in addition to penning all the music, with the exception of the elegiac collective improvisation "Encomia," his modally inflected lines & occasional passionate forays into the upper register provide the harmonic & melodic link between Blum's expressionism & the rhythm section's ebullient free-bop. -- Dan Warburton, The Wire

there are few sessions to rival this one for sheer urgency and gusto. it's as if something pent-up in these four musicians waited for this combination of players to unleash it--the music explodes into action. pianist john blum is a secret hero of new york's free jazz community, known as a proficient & forceful improviser in the tradition of his mentors, borah bergmann & cecil taylor. blum's performance on astrogeny is his shining moment on disc to date. the legendary denis charles was at his best when paired with william parker; together they formed one of the great, yet under-documented, rhythm-sections in the music. antonio grippi, a shadowy figure in free-jazz history, makes an appropriately rousing contribution on alto saxophone.

John Blum - piano
Denis Charles - drums
Antonio Grippi - alto saxophone, alto-clarinet
William Parker - bass