From Stephen Rush's liner notes:
« What we have here is new music. Free music. Ellington and Armstrong were right in not wanting to call it anything else but Music. Why put it in a sub-category? This belongs with the best of any new music, period. And this new music is created (with the assistance of Swell’s scores and direction) by an ensemble that knows how to both play and listen geometric and mystical constructions: some preconceived by the skillful pen of Steve Swell and some spontaneously shaped and formed. Lean in. Listen again. And swim upstream and down with the band – it’s completely worth it. »
Ann Arbor, July 2017
1. Opening 24:41
2. Sextet for the End of Democracy 12:26
3. Vautour Fauve 14:53
4. Joy and the Remarkable Behavior of Time 14:50
5. Exit the Labyrinth 09:27
Rob Brown alto saxophone
Steve Swell trombone, aerophone
Jason Kao Hwang violin, viola, electronics
Robert Boston piano, organ
Tomas Ulrich cello
Jim Pugliese drums, percussion
