Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Travis & Fripp - Follow (Panegyric 2012)

"Live at Coventry Cathedral is one of those genuine musical rarities, an album drawn from a largely improvised performance that has the potential to resonate with, and impact upon, an audience far wider than one would normally associate with such music.

Of course the very term improvised is laden with expectations  not all of them positive ones so it s also worth mentioning that words like melodic, atmospheric, rhythmic? can equally be applied to the music.


Fripp provides solo runs that most guitarists could only dream of conjuring, while Travis demonstrates the kind of incisive lyricism on flute or soprano sax that makes him such a substantial presence in both jazz and rock settings. It s no surprise that both of these musicians can improvise successfully; such an approach is at the heart of their solo, group and collaborative efforts. What is remarkable is that this is not the result of an established duo who have played together for years, but of a far more occasional basis of operation - a mere handful of performances to date."

 
Tracklist:
1. Soaring And Gliding 8:53

2. Dark Clouds 7:13
3. When The Rain Fall 10:02
4. Hear Our Voice 2:49
5. 1979 7:34
6. Open Land 6:27
7. Return To Saturn 6:49
8. Rotary Symmetrical 4:18
9. So There 4:23

Personnel:


Robert Fripp: guitars, soundscapes, frippertronics;

Theo Travis: saxophones, flutes, ambitronics.  

Panegyric Records