Dave Liebman/Lewis Porter: Surreality – review

(Enja)The brilliant US sax improviser Dave Liebman and pianist Lewis Porter had been collaborating on Liebman's autobiography when they hatched this plan for an album with unfamiliar partners: Tom Waits guitarist Marc Ribot, bassist Brad Jones and drummer Chad Taylor. Tributes to Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler and Olivier Messiaen figure, and the band gels fast for a shot-in-the-dark collaboration, even if Taylor's fierce drumming could have receded in the mix a little. Porter plays electric keys...

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