I Don’t Hear Nothin’ But The Blues, Volume 3 Part 2: Exuberant Scars
Irabbagast, 2024
9/10
Listen to I Don’t Hear Nothin’ But The Blues, Volume 3 Part 2: Exuberant Scars
The sax player Jon Irabagon comes together with Mike Pride, Mick Barr and Ava Mendoza for this 45+ minute piece that explores free jazz in exciting and unpredictable ways via the quartet’s inimitable and dynamic playing.
The lone track, “Exuberant Scars”, opens with strong attention to mood, where Irabagon’s well timed tenor sax is both soulful and animated, as Pride’s loud and explosive drumming enters the wild climate.
Barr and Mendoza both handle guitar, and they’re manipulated in meticulous and animated fashions that can be cinematic, haunting and spirited, and certainly complement the often busy landscape.
The tune never out welcomes its stay, and is constantly shifting in its delivery thanks to the quartet’s unconventional vision and strong attention to ambience and post-modern jazz and blues sensibilities.
Travels well with: Gustavo Cortiñas’- Live In Chicago; Cory Weeds- Home Cookin’