Persiflage
Lineup & Instrumentation:
a quartet/quintet of the following modular combinations:
Matt Steckler - saxes, flute & compositions
Curtis Fowlkes - trombone
Michael Cain - piano or Todd Neufeld - guitar
Lonnie Plaxico, Dave Ambrosio, Chris Lightcap or Ike Sturm - bass
Pheeroan Aklaff, Bruce Cox,
Gerald Cleaver,
Dan Weiss or Tommy Crane - drums
PERSIFLAGE per·si·flage (pûrs-fläzh)
n. 1. Light good-natured talk; banter.
2. Light or frivolous manner of discussing a subject.
... is a modular ensemble that expresses itself individually but listens to
one another intently and never takes life too seriously. Contributors play
regularly
with today's finest, but are themselves never overinflated; yet through their
organization of sound in space reveal a communication of the highest order and
guarantee the intrigue of discriminating listeners worldwide.
Members of this configuration have appeared live and on record with jazz
luminaries Oliver Lake, Don Byron, Art Blakey, Bill Frisell, Lounge Lizards,
Dave Binney,
Tony Malaby, Regina Carter, Lee Konitz, Anthony Braxton, Charile Haden, and
others.
" ...one of the best small group jazz discs of the past year."
-
Nate Dorward, Exclaim!
" ...repeated listens reveal a depth of color, a true sense of shape and
a brilliant mix of the improvisational and the written."
- Donald Elfman,
All About Jazz