THE CLARINET TRIO

The British Avant Magazine described the Clarinet Trio like this: Oh boy, good news! Calling Michael Moore and Tony Coe, here is some stuff to listen to which will be healthy for your digestive systems! Two exclamation marks in as many sentences, I must be getting excited ... what's it like? It goes something like this: imagine the Clusone Trio were all clarinets, Han Bennink did not play drums but blew bassclarinet instead. Imagine the great Tony Coe had finished hunting standards and was back in the business of experimentation for its own sake. Perhaps also conceive of an Art Ensemble of Chicago where Famoudou Don Moye had gone on holidays and there are only clarinets left in the arsenal. Or how about Steve Beresford cocktail club with clarinet accompaniment? Well, take all that lot together and it is somewhere near where the Clarinet Trio have pitched their reeds. In other read more...