Believe, Spirits of the Dead Are Watching

At its most interactive and imaginative, spontaneously created music can be as organic as the wind in the trees or the roar of the waves. But to reach beyond the common self-consciousness of humans making “art” requires letting go of self, of ego and of preconceptions. The player must exist entirely in the moment and in the music’s midst, hearing it as a whole, rather than concentrating on his or her part.

Believe consists of four of the most polished and yet primal improvisers Sydney has produced: alto saxophonist Peter Farrar, pianist Novak Manojlovic, bassist Clayton Thomas and drummer Laurence Pike. The polish comes not only in the mastery of their instruments, but in their interaction. They don’t pounce on each other’s ideas, for pouncing’s

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