Skład:
Josh Abrams - Bass
Chad Taylor - Percussion
Matana Roberts - Alto Saxophone

Info wydawcy:
Jazz trio Sticks and Stones formed years ago when drummer Chad Taylor, bassist Josh Abrams and alto saxophonist Matana Roberts met each other at a performance space in Chicago. Roberts and Abrams had played extensively at open jam sessions at Fred Anderson's legendary Chicago club, The Velvet Lounge.

It took nearly four years of playing together before they adopted the name "Sticks and Stones," (the name of a favorite song of Chad Taylor), and an even longer time before the released their first album, 2002's Sticks and Stones (on Chicago's 482 Music).

Their second and newest release, Shed Grace, is their first on Thrill Jockey. It was recorded at Semaphore Studios with Ken B. Brown (Directions in Music, Tortoise, Pullman).

Rafał Księżyk (Antena Krzyku 2/2004):

Stricte jazzowa publikacja Thrill Jockey ze starymi znajomymi ze sceny Chicago. Perkusja: Chad Taylor (Chicago Underground), bass: Josh Abrams (Town & Country). Składu tria dopełnia – i stanowi jego bardzo mocny punkt - znakomita saksofonistka i klarnecistka Matana Roberts, artystka w tej samej mierze czerpiąca natchnienie z free muzyki Johna Coltrane'a i groteski a la Eric Dolphy, co z awangardy AACM. Takie właśnie klimaty przywodzi na myśl swobodne, przestrzenne granie tria: od podlanych coltrane'woską emocjonalnością free wzlotów, poprzez groteskowe rozedrganie, po kameralistyczne studia o na przemian jazzowym i plemiennym tchnieniu. Obok tematów zespołu są też zagrane na własny sposób tematy Monka i Fela Kuti. Czujny, rasowy, treściwy, acz stonowany okaz czarnej jazzowej awangardy.



Info wydawcy:

Jazz trio Sticks and Stones formed years ago when drummer Chad Taylor, bassist Josh Abrams and alto saxophonist Matana Roberts met each other at a performance space in Chicago. Roberts and Abrams had played extensively at open jam sessions at Fred Anderson's legendary Chicago club, The Velvet Lounge.



It took nearly four years of playing together before they adopted the name "Sticks and Stones," (the name of a favorite song of Chad Taylor), and an even longer time before the released their first album, 2002's Sticks and Stones (on Chicago's 482 Music).



Their second and newest release, Shed Grace, is their first on Thrill Jockey. It was recorded at Semaphore Studios with Ken B. Brown (Directions in Music, Tortoise, Pullman).