Borrowed From Children
577, 2020
8/10
Listen to Borrowed From Children
Paul Flaherty and Randall Colbourne have been playing together for over 30 years now, and here they’re aligned with James Chumley Hunt and Mike Robertson, who they’ve both played on and off with over the years, too. Together, they come together for this live album, where their brand of ‘improvisation’ recruits many genres and a whole lot of creativity.
“Crude Sky Gray” starts the listen with adventurous sax from Flaherty as warm trumpet from Hunt and restrained guitar from Roberson anchor the exploratory 17 minutes, and “Dark Leaves Linger” continues the unpredictable atmosphere with a calmer approach that’s no less exciting.
The back half of the listen offers the hypnotic and more percussively focused “Brazen Eyes”, which is built around a looping sax line, while “An Old Man Gone” builds into a controlled chaos of noisey skill that few could replicate. “Cigar Store Bathtub”, the bonus track, then quivers with unconventional rhythm where welcomed traces of Americana linger.
Inspired by Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Evan Parker ane Cecil Taylor, Borrowed From Children is a record where few genres are off limits as blues, rock, jazz, classical and noise all come together in a loose yet still precise performance between the iconoclastic artists.
Travels well with: Jorma Tapio & Kaski- Aliseen; Guido Spannocchi- All The Above