‘Live in Matsuyama’ is a result of circumstance. The performance was not intended as a recording, but occurrences arranged themselves to produce this fortuitous outcome. The rhythm section of pianist Simon Nabatov, bassist Takashi Seo and drummer Darren Moore were set to engage in a nine-city Japan tour with saxophonist Akira Sakata in early December 2019, but Sakata missed the first three shows due to unforeseen circumstances. ’Live in Matsuyama’ documents the third and final trio performance, which is marked by intuitive communication that wheels from state to state with restless motion. Nabatov, Seo and Moore move as if a single entity producing murmurations of sound; darting fluid formations that arise and dissipate with virtuosic agility.
1. One Down 19:15
2. Deliverance 10:55
3. Turbid Medium 05:23
Simon Nabatov - piano
Takashi Seo - bass
Darren Moore - drums
recorded at Monk Jazz Club, Matsuyama, Japan on December 3 2019
recorded by Toshihiro Toyoshima, Mitsuru Itani and Naofumi Sato
mixed by Mitsuru Itani
mastered by Stefan Deistler
