A solo tenor saxophone free improvisation from Rachel Musson, one of the top improvisers in the UK oh for years. What the saxist does is not to paraphrase, it is also not total wipe-out. Musson can do scalding, unrelenting, all the things that the ill-informed might expect is meat and drink for a free-improviser. But the language has a far bigger vocabulary. And Musson's use of its infinite resource is more extensive than anyone can easily chart in whatever the chosen sense. For instance, Musson is good at stepping back and giving the music space. Humanising the texture is something again that the saxist is very adept at so it is realisable that there is actually a reed there and not only the sound down by the tube station at midnight of roar and knockout. On 'Reeling' you get the idea of immense characterisation in the improvisation and heat above all else, a compelling rotation of Musson's own immaculate divining. On Dreamsing, 21 May, 577
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