BRÖTZMANN/UUSKYLA – Dead And Useless
„Dead And Useless“, das Herzstück der Atavistic Doppel-CD „Born Broke“ (2008) wurde soeben vom Göteborger Label Omlott auf Vinyl veröffentlicht. Das Stück gehört für mich zu meinen Favoriten der Schlagzeug/Sax-Duo Aufnahmen Brötzmanns.
Mark Corroto, allaboutjazz
The music is a conversation, a colloquy between discriminating artists. Opening with subdued horn and sticks on cymbal, the pair sift through a sound that simmers, yet rarely boils. Uuskyla persuades the saxophonist without provoking him. As with truly great drummers, he can do more with a downsized kit, say more with a flick of the wrist and a hesitant tom-tom roll than other busy players.Throughout his career, Brötzmann’s music has been mischaracterized as angry or violent. Perhaps recordings like this (and his solo releases) will cause a re-evaluation of his music. Brotzmann’s sound is rooted in the European free jazz tradition, but also he is a keen observer of the American blues, jazz, and for lack of a better term, folk music. Within the nurturing patterns and structured framework provided by Uuskyla, the music blossoms from a private tête-à-tête into a public discourse.
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Hey man, why don't we make a tune... just playin' the melody, not play the solos...