Collaborative compositions by:
Jean Claude Jones (electro acoustic bass and live electronics), Loic
Kessous (computer and live electronics), Stephen Horenstein (baritone
saxophone) Recorded and mixed at Kadima Studio, Jerusalem, May-June, 2006 “Thanks to the noble work of trumpeter Mazen Kerbaj and guitarist
Sharif Sehnaoui, news of the free music scene in Lebanon has reached
a wider public in recent times, and was doing so even before recent events
once more catapulted Lebanon centre stage. But we still know very little
of developments in free improv south of the border in Israel, which makes
the appearance of this set of 17 tracks more than welcome. Jean Claude
Jones (bass and electronics), Loic Kessous (computer and electronics)
and Stephen Horenstein (baritone saxophone) serve up a tasty mezze –
oops that's a Lebanese dish.. but no matter, national boundaries do not
exist in this music – of pieces ranging from tight, scrabbling insect
music of "Dyad" (Horenstein's gnarly baritone reminds us of how great a player he is on those
albums with Bill Dixon) to the spacier electronic landscapes of "Heavy Metal". None of the pieces outstays its welcome – only two tracks go beyond the four-minute
mark – which also makes a welcome change, even if it leaves one a little
hungry for more. Perhaps Kerbaj and Sehnaoui can negotiate the minefield
of bureaucracy and get these members of Jerusalem's Kadima Collective
to play at the next edition of their Irtijal Festival in Beirut. That'd
be a more meaningful move in promoting cross-border understanding and
reconciliation than the empty rhetoric of Mr Bush and Ms Rice.–DW”
Dan Warburton, Paris Tranatlantic Magazine “The Temperamental Trio expands current experiments in the
latest forms of electroacoustic improvisation... the Temperamental Trio
follows its own adventurous course, invented by three daring and restless
souls who manage to transform their sonic collisions into a bold statement
of creativity.”
Eyal Hareuveni, All About Jazz
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