ATTITUDE! - Pause & Effect

Esp Disc

£21.58

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: ESP5048LP
Barcode: 0825481504812
Release Date: 11 Nov 2022
Genre: Jazz

TRACKLIST:
A1. Gimme A Mic
A2. Who Flung Dung
A3. Flames With No Names
A4. 8 Steps/7 O’clock
B1. Conversation

This extraordinary NYC trio combines free jazz and post-punk with pointed commentary about issues of race, gender, the pandemic, and political autonomy.

Rose Tang, a Mongol from Sichuan, sings/recites and plays guitar, piano, and percussion. Tenor saxophonist Ayumi Ishito, from Japan, plays in a plethora of bands along the jazz/rock spectrum. Drummer, composer, and educator Wen-Ting Wu, from Taiwan, combines jazz drive and classical rigor.

The group came together to play one song at an event. ESP-Disk’, already familiar with the separate work on the NYC scene of all three members, immediately invited them to make an album. After intensive rehearsals, the members recorded the album in a one-day session, then reunited during the pandemic to add words about its effect to an existing instrumental on “8 Steps/7 O’Clock.” This album is simultaneously part of ESP-Disk's Drive To Revive Weird Rock and an extension of the label's famed free-jazz legacy.