Bailey, Derek/Gregg Bendian - Banter
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"Pecussionist Bendian worked with The Cecil Taylor Unit during the late 80's and played on Taylor's "In Florescence". He's since collaborated with musicians ranging from Evan Parker to Joe Lovano, and has been performing solo regularly for around ten years. His background and interests are as much to do with contemporary composition as the jazz and improv scenes and these pieces are as likely to evoke Xenakis as Cecil Taylor. Bendian is interested in exploring single instruments to the full and there's real subtlety about the way he creates intense and specific environments with just a snare drum or chromatic boobams to play with. A musician with such a resourceful ear makes a good partner for Derek Bailey. On "Banter", the dialogue is at its liveliest when Bendian is playing pitched instrumentss but, like salt in porridge, even his smallest interventions serve to bring out the fullness of Bailey's meditations."-The Wire