“IRIS”

Paul Bedal - piano, composer
Nick Mazzarella - alto saxophone
Matt Ulery - double bass
Charles Rumback - drums


About “IRIS”

Bedal’s quartet navigates the asymmetric rhythms and economic melody of “Iris” with freedom and controlled interplay, creating moments filled with spontaneity and repose. Critic Neil Tesser points out, “The pianist’s relationship with Ulery and Rumback stretches back nearly a decade, giving these disparate artists the chance to establish a comfort level – ease, but without complacency – that becomes one of the disc’s real joys over repeated hearings. Since 2016, this rapport has encompassed Mazzarella as well, and it plays a vital role in Bedal’s compositions: deceptively challenging songs that sound less knotty than they ought to, thanks to Bedal’s ingenuity and the tight mesh of the band.”


About CERULEAN STARS

“On Cerulean Stars, classical leanings and jazz formalism intersect with the post-freedom aesthetic of Chicago’s storied avant-garde. But don’t expect some sort of dialectical mashup; you won’t have to confront some split-personality collision of opposing forces because instead, pianist Paul Bedal and company have seamlessly blended their diverse experiences, investing his fully structured compositions with liberating energy. He provides the blueprint, and his cohorts color outside the lines.”

-Neil Tesser


Available from BACE records on March 12, 2021



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