Chi

It is not the least who have an erratic get-together here as a trio. Saxophonist David Liebman has been active since the 60s and played with and among others . Hamid Drake is an acclaimed free jazz drummer who played with and formed a regular rhythm section with . Adam Rudolph is at home on a variety of exotic percussion instruments that he includes in the world fusion of let hear. The trio met… in New York where this album was recorded live. With two drummers in the ranks and a Taoist premise, Chi is dominated by syncopated rhythms that Liebman freely plays over on sax and piano. Sometimes they play around each other like cat and mouse, ending up in a running groove or wild outburst. The title Formless Form is telling. Only in the closing song Whirl does Rudolph set a repeating pattern on his sintir and the trio really dares to come together. A little too much formlessness preceded this. (MR)more