(Free Jazz, Free Improvisation) Gerry Hemingway Quintet - Outerbridge Crossing - 1987, MP3 (tracks), 320 kbps

"Outerbridge Crossing" was recorded in New Haven, Connecticut in 1985. It was released in 1987 in vinyl and later as a cd by Sound Aspects records of Germany. This recording is still in print. Much of the music written for this quintet was composed in 1979 and first performed in 1980 with the Ray Anderson Quartet (the same band that is documented on Harrisburg Half-Life (Moers Music). The group has both Ray Anderson and Mark Helias carrying over from our then eight years of work as a collective trio. I had met Ernst Reijseger two years prior on a Company performance in N.Y.C. and this was the first time I had found a way to incorporate him into my music. The baritone saxophonist David Mott became a good friend during the mid-seventies when we both lived in New Haven. The title track "Outerbridge Crossing" will be the subject of a future release that will, among other works, trace the evolution of this piece after this recording from a performance at the Knitting Factory in 1989, another from the 1990 quartet tour, and one more recent version by the quintet.
Performers:
Gerry Hemingway
Ray Anderson
David Mott
Ernst Reijseger
Mark Helias