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John Heward Quintet (avant019)

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	1.	Improvisation 4 20:54
	2.	Improvisation 1 18:57
	3.	Improvisation 2 13:18
	4.	Improvisation 3 14:03
	5.	Improvisation 5 10:11

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Playful reverence acts as the adhesive in this recording. The muse is filled with chromatic color and interlocking light and shadows. This release celebrates a life of music-making from John Heward and Barre Philips, both whom were eighty-years young at the time of this concert. Other members of the quintet include: Lori Freedman, Joe McPhee and myself, Dana Reason.

Positive and negative space is the organizing principle of this improvised concert. Heward, a well-respected Canadian musician and a highly regarded visual artist leverages his conceptual imagination upon a sprawling canvas. Phillips treads beautifully amongst the waves of Heward’s rhythms. Both Freedman and McPhee create immediate intimacy with each sonorous breath.

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released June 10, 2019

Lori Freedman, clarinets;
John Heward, drums;
Joe McPhee, alto & soprano saxophones;
Barre Phillips, bass;
Dana Reason, piano.
Recorded live in Montreal, September 2014

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