...an inspired document of brilliant music shining like a brooding star in space/time.
The second in producer Jonas Tauber's Zurich Series for Origin, "Prime Numbers" is a wholly improvised journey through nine original tunes, all based and inspired by prime numbers. Thoughts of an intellectual exercise are soon laid to rest as the recording unfolds in an organic sea of deeply musical explorations. Featuring longtime purveyors of the Northwest free jazz sound - pianist Doug Haning and drummer William Thomas - Zurich-based bassist Jonas Tauber finds great foils for his impressive, classically rooted virtuosit
Track Listing:
1. Pointillism (23) 10'25
2. Ocean (11) 6'13
3. Gr¸ven (17) 7'44
4. Spacial Poem (31) 7'51
5. Noh (7) 2'49
6. Folk S¯ng (29) 11'05
7. Russian (3) 7'26
8. Angles (13) 3'39
9. Angel's Blues (19) 9'22
Performers:
Jonas Tauber - bass
William Thomas - drums
Doug Haning - piano
Production Info:
Recorded direct to DAT via stereo microphone and produced by Jonas Tauber
Mixed and Mastered at Alberta Music Collective by Sean Flora
Remastered by Mark Guenther at Seattle Disc Mastering
Photographs by Todd Bishop
Layout & Design by John Bishop/OriginArts
Reviews of Prime Numbers
All Music Guide (Adam Greenburg)
From classically trained but forward-thinking bassist Jonas Tauber comes this album of free jazz recorded live at the Jazz de Opus club in Portland. Accompanying him are drummer William Thomas and pianist Doug Haning. Here, the trio performs a good deal of spontaneous improvisation, delving deeply into the free jazz ideals on the fly. The only thin ...
Jazz Review (Michael Casano)
Prime Numbers, a trio featuring bassist Jonas Tauber, has captured the perfect blend of live jazz, exploratory meanderings, and a cohesive structure that makes this CD a must for all lovers of free jazz. This is definitely not amateur hour, but an inspired document of brilliant music shining like a brooding star in space/time. This is one of those ...
