Clever, thought provoking, word play in the titling of Freedom (Rent-a-dog, ****) with (sub)woof(er)tastic tunes standing word-by-word to draw on a remark plus attribution made in an interview of Nina Simone's indicating just what the great Nina meant by ''freedom.'' Slowfox are a startlingly accomplished bass, piano and saxophone trio from Germany that pushes up from, amid considerable tonal splendour, the bass and deeper, rarified, seams of spacebassness. If you are into a bassist like Misha Mullov-Abbado you'll be well chuffed as a starting point to check out Slowfox going, yes, deeper.
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