The Harvest
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Adam Page, James Brown, John Psathas
The Harvest
[ Rattle Jazz / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 16 November 2012
The Harvest is comprised of two suites, two continuous 30-minute compositions broken into 8 and 9 parts respectively. The Harvest Suite (composed by Adam Page and John Psathas) features Adam on solo tenor saxophone played through various looping pedals and effects, while Like Picking Fruit is a duet with James Brown on guitar. Both suites are a deft, and at times near-invisible blending of composition and improvisation, and together they produce an album of rare honesty.
"I spent our studio time in awe of James and Adam. Listening to them go into those remote unchartered territories during the recording of Like Picking Fruit was something I'll never forget. They'd come out of the studio with a look in their eyes like explorers returning from months in the wilderness. And what a unique piece it is, rich and ingenious, fearless and uncompromising, but mostly, phenomenally musical." John Psathas
"[An] enticing album - Page and Brown an intuitive and natural pairing who offer delightful as much as difficult listening on Like Picking Fruit - is a rarity in the New Zealand context.
And, as with other albums on the Rattle Jazz imprint in recent years, it points to a direction which might not be "jazz" for many, but which works off improvisation and mutual understanding between the players and producer (and engineer Lee Prebble) in an exciting way."
- Graham Reid, elsewhere.co.nz
