Dreamlike experiences. Sparks fly and a musical interaction
works without arrangement or plan. An organic musical process
develops out of intuition alone. The same magic happens every
time.
When Brandon Lopez, a New Yorker with Puerto Rican roots, joined
the duo of saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Tom Rainey,
this wasn't simply about adding a plus one to the Laubrock -
Rainey duo. Thanks to the young bassist (born 1988), already
collaborating with musicians from Dave Liebman via Zeena Parkins
to John Zorn, a new dynamic has formed involving all three. In
this triangular constellation a different balance is achieved and an
altered play of energies. They are clearly on the same wavelength,
with a similar sense and understanding of overarching form, inner
structure, timing, feeling, energy, density, transparency and
volume.
"Right from the first note the chemistry between them was right.
The interplay between the three worked so effortlessly and
naturally it bordered on telepathy. The three want to keep up the
momentum and capture the magic moment," writes Christoph
Wagner in the liner notes.