by Thom Jurek
Four lower Manhattan free jazzers get together to form a one-off quartet, tour Europe, and make a record for Leo Feigin. Given the lineup -- William Parker on bass, Jeff Hoyer on trombone Heinz Geisser on drums and percussion, and Mark Hennen on piano -- this music has to be called "free jazz," but in many ways, it is much more. This is music that is made simply for the purpose of making and using sound as the extension of the human spirit engaged in two things: individual expression in the confines of a small community, and collective communication to another, larger collective, i.e., the world. The most fascinating thing about this date is that the two front-line players are Hennen and Parker.
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