Trios<\/em> concentrates the essence of understanding that Bley, Sheppard and Swallow have developed over two decades of collaboration. She recorded the album\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s five pieces in various configurations on earlier albums, but the spare instrumentation of her piano, Sheppard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s saxophones and Swallow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bass creates space for leisurely exploration of the deep harmonic possibilities in her compositions. Most of all, though, melody is what dominates these performances\u00e2\u20ac\u201dintriguing melodies like those of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Utviklingssang,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Vashkar\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and others written by Bley\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbut also those invented by Sheppard, a great tenor saxophonist. Swallow long since, in effect, remade the electric bass. He solos with the facility of a guitarist and, as in the first movement of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Les Trois Lagons (d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122apr\u00c3\u00a8s Henri Matisse),\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can create walking bass lines that make you want to dance. This album has become a habit around here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, CBTrios (ECM) Trios concentrates the essence of understanding that Bley, Sheppard and Swallow have developed over two decades of collaboration. She recorded the album\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s five pieces in various configurations on earlier albums, but the spare instrumentation of her piano, Sheppard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s saxophones and Swallow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bass creates space for leisurely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-recommendations","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>Trios<\/em> concentrates the essence of understanding that Bley, Sheppard and Swallow have developed over two decades of collaboration. She recorded the album\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s five pieces in various configurations on earlier albums, but the spare instrumentation of her piano, Sheppard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s saxophones and Swallow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bass creates space for leisurely exploration of the deep harmonic possibilities in her compositions. Most of all, though, melody is what dominates these performances\u00e2\u20ac\u201dintriguing melodies like those of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Utviklingssang,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Vashkar\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and others written by Bley\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbut also those invented by Sheppard, a great tenor saxophonist. Swallow long since, in effect, remade the electric bass. He solos with the facility of a guitarist and, as in the first movement of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Les Trois Lagons (d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122apr\u00c3\u00a8s Henri Matisse),\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can create walking bass lines that make you want to dance. This album has become a habit around here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"