Cleaver, Gerald/William Parker/Craig Taborn - Farmers by Nature
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05-AUM053
I just saw these guys 2 weeks ago in Baltimore for their record release show and it was a terrific trio set. There was a lot of fire, but also a lot of empathy and a lot of swing. I hadn't heard Gerald before, and he was an amazing, sensitive drummer. This is similar to what I saw and is great.
"A fully improvised communion of three of America's masters of music. The manifest intent: sowing seeds of sound and bringing them to full blossom. Abstract, organic and fully inviting in the process. Recorded live at NYC's new music venue The Stone, Farmers By Nature presents the entire concert of June 19, 2008 which was the third improv meeting of drummer Gerald Cleaver, bassist William Parker, and pianist Craig Taborn. The three of them were specifically brought together by Cleaver with the express intent of making a singular new music. Following their second communion, William Parker was glowing as he told us of the performance in the midst of which his bass began to levitate. We needed to capture their next one! An immersive experience yielding magic and inducing a calming mystical ambience. What an arc! They are tapping into the nexus of regeneration here."