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Let Them Pass (laissez-passer)
Let Them Pass
(laissez-passer) features Montreal-based drummer, John Heward, in
his first recording as leader, with two
longtime associates, Joe Giardullo (flute, tenor saxophone, and bass
clarinet), and Mike Bisio (bass). When discussing John’s music, the term “leader”
must not be taken literally. This is true collective composition
created in the moment…with John acting more as the facilitator of the
group aesthetic. On this recording, John demonstrates that the
well-placed single tap may portend as much meaning and indicator of
direction as a flurry of rim-shots. His drumming, by opening up the
time into a loose lattice-like structure, working more with a
subterranean force of pulse than ideas of classical rhythm, forces his
fellow musicians to listen in a particularly concentrated manner.
In his inimically subtle
manner, John leads the trio in a music full with a thick frothy blend of
reflections, tradition, and emotion. The listening is almost deafening as
the trio treads effortlessly from the Middle East-Eastern European modal
traditions to a simple very American blues form. Very quietly, but
powerfully in its knowledge, the trio uses these blends of musical
traditions to find a new tradition uniquely their own. But more
importantly, along the way they give the listener the musical equivalent of
a “Laissez-passer” pass…granting unrestricted access and movement for a
journey of discovery…from within and without.
7 tracks in
53 minutes.
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