Title: A mistake
Review: Nothing wrong with the 'supergroup' concept, and this same combination of bass-n-drums works beautifully on Joe Lovano's Trio Fascination Vol. 1. But this group simply does not gel. Holland seems to be spending the entire CD trying to reconcile the antithetical approaches of Frisell and Jones, and fails to do so. The guitarist's style emphasizes the timbral over the rhythmic, which is the main problem; Jones is the ideal accompanist for a player willing to push the rhythmic inflections. Here, the drummer slows down and smooths out his approach so much that, save for the free-floating shimmer of the cymbals, he's unrecognizable as the great Elvin Jones. Frisell flows along sweetly yet blithely, and Holland is left to provide an anchor for which there is no tether. Some pretty moments, but all-in-all a real, and highly disappointing, failure.
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