What We Live with Dave Douglas & Wadada Leo Smith - Quintet for a Day

What We Live's Quintet For A Day is a superior and compelling example of collective improvisation. There is nothing here of the cacophonous collisions of multi-note contemporary free jazz. The approach of the members of this quintet is thoughtful and cooperative. The result is that while each person's extemporaneous performance adds color, the total collaboration equates to a unique sum, not an anonymous blast that would be similar from any matched instrumentation by jazz cats in an anarchist jam. Read More