LIVE at the Kerava Jazz Festival: Finland

Kali Z Fasteau, Kidd Jordan, Newman Taylor Baker

Flying Note Records

Web: http://www.kalimuse.com

 

Recorded and mixed by the Finnish radio on June 9, 2007, this CD documents for presenters and fans alike what they will hear when Kali. Z. performs LIVE in concert. In a riveting sequence of 9 compositions on 9 different instruments, Kali trance-ports the audience on the mizmar, piano, nai flute, cello, synthesizer, voice, violin, drum set, and the grand finale on soprano sax. This music envelops you with a sound embrace that awakens the senses, stimulates the mind and lifts the spirit. Kali's imagination and intensity are beautifully matched with the profound emotional range and musicality of New Orleans tenor legend Kidd Jordan and the finesse and dynamism of drummer Newman Taylor Baker.

 

This is a superb example of free form jazz exploring all manner of sound, it moves through an incredible range of musical territories and cannot easily be pinned down, the texture of the music ranges from fierce forms to reflective nearly minimalist instrumental sequences.

 

The imagination and intensity of the music is moving and its implementation of the highest quality. Kali Z has travelled the world studying a wide range of musical styles and it shows, every new CD she releases is a new expression of the interaction of musical cultures.