Paul Cheneour – flutes, Dave Robinson – electronics, Clive Fletcher – electric
upright bass.
Music to a film by Annie Catford….musicians playing along with the film
…sharp coloured abstract patterns…wheat fields landscape from a train.
People on a platform.
Bass improvisation over subtle electronics…flute takes off like a freebird
over Central Asian mountains….
Bass strings hit by mallet….a hard electronic rhythm….
Vast ranges of snow capped mountains rising up from desert floors.
The flute tells a story…. reflections on water,snowmelt streams bringing
life to civilizations on dry desert plains.
Bass and electronic…like a strut to a two hand fingersnap.
Paul improvises beauty over the hard city streets… a Roland Kirk colourcry
..bringing colour to a black and white world…Central Asia embracing a
hard New York cityscape…precious rain falls on the hard city.
A flute solo like possibilities beyond this place.
A thunderstorm over the afro-plains…vocal style improvisation by Dave
on synthezier …like Bobby McFerrin on an acid trip.
Pauls flute solo comes in like a great celestrial chord…..
Sunrise red over Africa…while the women dance …celebrating the new day.
An influence of Ornette Coleman… clouds of gold over Africa.
Call and response between flute and bass…. to the edge of the blue skydome.
An Islamic call to prayer over a marble city.
Prayer to God ….holy.
Like a caravan to China over desolate plains.
Ornette Coleman and Charlie Parker referenced…over a tribal beat.
….Electronic improvisations likr a video game embracing Roland Kirk.
Rich mellow bass notes leading the way for flute improvisation…Joy and
purity overcoming all to triumph at last… embracing the stars and nebula
of space…taking improvisation beyond…
Buddhist monks chanting in high mountain monastries.
In the spirit of the great jazz masters…learning from them and taking it
somewhere new…to pay respect to the spirit of the past.
Yes I enjoyed coffee and Baileys,and a nice English rose wine.
G T
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