Eric Revis 11:11 feat. Ken Vandermark, Jason Moran & Nasheet Waits (USA)

The astounding lexicon of 11:11 Eric Revis could also be admired at 16.00, when the band played at the CD Club.

Featuring Ken Vandermark on saxophone, the remarkably intense playing, oozing with density and expressiveness of sound, delved deep into the texture of the music. Vandermark’s instrument sobbed, shrieked, snapped and generally employed a broad sonic palette, without the musician deviating from his incredible sensibility.

At least in the beginning, Waits drummed quite differently from his previous performance, resorting more to broken rhythms and free jazz idioms, the talented Jason Moran on piano freely combined the impressionistic harmonies, throughout juxtaposing tuneful and discordant accords.Their almost mechanical synergy allowed for the harmoniousness of the atmosphere, whether built gradually and with suspense or the quality of the improvisation altered most radically and swiftly.

At a certain stage the musicians immersed themselves entirely into the sonority of their instruments – thus giving rise to a resonance so dense that it was hard to discern who is playing which sound.

                                                                                     Andraž Jež