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2.3.23

self-released
Release Date: February 3, 2023

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1 Reverse Window  
2 Checkpoint  
3 Where The World Went  
4 The Call Back  
5 Why_ You Ask  
6 Room To Imagine  
7 Akimbo  
8 Spats  
9 Gumshoe  
10 Ground and Distance  
11 Hawk Migration  
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2.3.23 was an outgrowth of the improvisational recording project that emerged between myself and Jane Ira Bloom beginning at an early stage of the pandemicin April/May of 2020. We struggled to come to terms with the technological limitations of playing remotely over the internet. 

The initial motivation was to play music with anothermusician, something that we had become accustomed to and took for granted until the pandemic arose. As we became adept at the advances in software and the tamping down of the inherent latency of remote recording we managed to produce two wonderful collections of spontaneous duos that documented our shared need for human and musical connection in a trying time. As things opened up we continued playing and recording remotely and ended up with a large body of pieces that we needed to disseminate in some form. At one point I sent a duo track of myself and Jane to Bobby Previte to seeif he might want to add drums and percussion to the track.

  • 'See Our Way' and '2.3.23' carry on Jane Ira Bloom's stratospheric improvisation tradition / NYC Jazz Record
    Posted At: February 27, 2023 12:00 AM
    The sax/ bass duo of soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom and bassist Mark Helias has deepened on their latest digital release See Our Way now available on Bandcamp on Radiolegs Records (RL023).  Thirteen mind-bending improvised duets performed by two masterful jazz improvisers who know how to coax composition out of the air and then some. From breathtaking ballads like “Folks Sing” and “As Close As It G...
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