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ROMAN STOLYAR & ED SARATH - AMAZING BLUE

Ermatell, 2012
[improvisation]

Roman Stolyar - piano, recorders
Ed Sarath - flugelhorn
David Haughey - cello
Patrick Booth - tenor saxophone
Billy Satterwhite - bass

Once we see the names written just right after the composition titles on an album cover, we start thinking that we are reading the names of persons by whom these pieces are composed. But for this album it's absolutely wrong to think that way. Why? Because all tracks of this CD are totally improvised. All five musicians had just no idea what they should play and how they should interact within each piece - they even didn't know the titles you can read on this cover now. On the other hand, all these musicians have quits sufficient, though different, experiences in creating music right on stage without any agreement. Ed Sarath, a prominent improviser and educator at the University of Michigan, is not only a performer but a founder of the unique program of studying improvisa¬tion combined with spiritual practicing. Three grad students from the University of Michigan - David Haughey, Patrick Booth and Billy Satterwhite - studying stylistically open improvisation under his supervision, already sound quite mature. Siberian pienist and composer Roman Stolyar, always interesting in international collaboration whatever country he visits, couldn't miss the opportunity to create some spontaneous music during his staying at the residency in Ann Arbor. So he did it. How have it been? You are the only person who can judge it - go ahead, take your time, listen to the music recorded on this CD. And - hopefully - enjoy.

Recorded live by David Schall at Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor MI, November 1, 2011

The Flow (Roman Stolyar) 10:01
Slidings (Roman Stolyar) 3:37
Missing a Walking Bass (Roman Stolyar) 5:23
Giant Jumps (Roman Stolyar & Ed Sarath) 5:09
Counterpoints (Roman Stolyar & Ed Sarath) 5:28
Sphere (feat. Billy Satterwhite) (Roman Stolyar & Ed Sarath) 5:34
Pulse (feat. Billy Satterwhite & David Haughey) (Roman Stolyar & Ed Sarath) 6:52
Dialog (feat. David Haughey) (Roman Stolyar) 4:50
Explosive Mixture (feat. Billy Satterwhite & Patrick Booth) (Roman Stolyar) 5:36
Fourplay (feat. David Haughey, Billy Satterwhite & Patrick Booth) (Ed Sarath) 5:56
Talking Heads (feat. David Haughey, Billy Satterwhite & Patrick Booth) (Roman Stolyar & Ed Sarath) 5:11
Siberian Dance (feat. Billy Satterwhite, Patrick Booth & David Haughey) (Roman Stolyar & Ed Sarath) 4:52