James and I enjoy our occasional duos at Gundog at Gundaroo. Piano and bass is such an open sound with such an opportunity to hear and respond and hopefully invent. I guess because neither steps on the other in frequency and the lack of parts just allows concentration and comparison. Whatever, I was a little surprised to have Ornette called, I thought pretty daring for such a venue, but this was The Blessing and we'd played it before and it's got a groove if interrupted that works. So Ornette for comfy venues. I checked the Allmusic review for Something else, the album The Blessing appears on and an old fave I haven't heard for a while and the argument is that "in its angular, almost totally oppositional way, it swung and still does". Couldn't agree more! As for the award-winning riesling, something special.
James Woodman (piano) and Eric Pozza (bass) played at Gundaroo.
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