Architect Of The Silent Moment

CAM5021 2007-01-30

Track List

Usual Illusion - 07:29
Strip Mall Ballet - 07:50
El Otro - 02:52
Architect Of The Silent Moment - 07:14
Masoosong - 06:05
Feign Tonal - 02:58
From Within - 08:09
Smoke Stack - 05:56
Window of time - 07:55

Musicians

Scott Colley - acoustic bass
Ralph Alessi - trumpet
Craig Taborn - piano, organ
Antonio Sanchez - drums
Dave Binney - saxophone
Jason Moran - piano
Gregoire Maret - harmonica
Adam Rogers - guitar

From the opening track of this disc, it’s clear that each of these musicians has completely internalized the last half-century of jazz practices and aesthetics. Colley’s distinctive blending of electric and acoustic instruments, unusual forms and meters, and novel grooves clearly marks Architect as a product of the new millennium, as do the performers’ extraordinary rhythmic and melodic acuity in dealing with this challenging material.
The creative individuals who have come together to render this music in a permanent way, trust that jazz’s ongoing engagement with ideas, sounds, and identities from many eras and places can and will continue. Architect of the Silent Moment stands as an act of defiance both to those who would simply repeat the past and those who would throw it away entirely.