Garuda, by Garuda trio

Garuda

by Garuda trio

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1.	Garuda 18:41	buy track
2.	Camel Caravan 08:52	buy track
3.	Jabbing 02:49	buy track
4.	A Leap into space 15:33	buy track

about

Hugo Costa - Alto Saxophone
Hernâni Faustino - Double bass
João Valinho - Drums

credits

released March 18, 2022

Recorded at Scratch Built studio, Lisbon 2021
Mixed & Mastered by Daniele Martini
Photo by : Petra Gerrits · Cover Art by Thorben Jäger

Released by Subcontinental Records

«Garuda» documents the first-ever session of the trio at the Scratch Built studio in Lisbon in 2021. The album is released by the Indian label Subcontinental, apparently, the only Indian label that focuses on free and experimental music.

The music is free improvised but is informed by the legacy of spiritual free jazz. This is a democratic trio, and all three musicians are well-versed in the art of the moment. The trio establishes immediately tight dynamics and an organic flow of the music in the opening piece, 19-minute of the title piece, and Costa articulates an instant yet clear and coherent narrative to this powerful improvisation that alternates cleverly between fiery eruption and lyrical musings.

The trio employs another improvised strategy on «Camel Caravan». Faustino and Valinho build a massive rhythmic basis while Costa soars over their complex pulse. The brief «Jabbing» is a loose, sound-oriented experiment. The last 16-minute «A leap into space» revolves around a bass motif of Faustino, while Costa and Valinho patiently develop its melodic veins and intensify its tension, all with captivating lyrical beauty, and towards the ecstatic coda.

A promising meeting that calls for more and more live performances of the trio.

Eyal Hareuveni