CODA(s) by No Fast Food III, featuring David Liebman, Drew Gress, Phil Haynes

Collector's two CD packaging available for this title via: www.cornerstorejazz.com/product/nff3/

"Brilliantly played by three great musicians! . . . witness a collective hypnosis in which we participate as listeners. Only masters play like this."
– Jacek Brun, Jazz-fun.de“

"With every swipe of the sticks or tap on his drums Phil Haynes offers us meaningful music with clarity, creativity and percussive mastery . . . It’s a 2-CD production that thrills and stimulates artistic senses with every tune they play.”
~ Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs

"Friends of poetry, it would be a shame if you missed out on this very (very) beautiful record. Phil Haynes, accompanied by two legends, Dave Liebman and Drew Gress, will take you into a universe, his own, where the tangible and the divinatory caress each other and give birth to music that is intrinsically beautiful and evocative. Not a note to throw away, space and resonances, silence between sounds, density and a myriad of ideas, an ounce of humor . . . a rare musicality, strong personalities, and you have this trio of master jazz improvisers . . . It's home cooking tasty and highly indispensable, made with love by essential musicians. We wonder why you haven't bought it yet."
~Yves Dorison, JazzCulture France

Fresh surprises . . .
wonders most improvisers relish
more than anything else
and strive toward

Now, a fourth collaboration on record
reuniting myself with David Liebman

Our first day unveiled challenges
a search for fresh trio material(s) equilibrium
unexpectedly yielding concise ritual works, ala my Sanctuary
structured, mobile-like, spontaneous creation du jour

Occasional ‘conduction’ between segmented movements
a guide to collaboration partners
decidedly
a series of immediate blushes - floating in space -
to be organized by listeners

Spacious; patient; sensitive; a frequent hush; earnest; genuine
50 years of David Liebman in my ears, since Xmas of ‘72
35 years of Drew Gress framing me in my best light

Ecstasy / freedom / changes / pride / relief
Ending one era, welcoming the new
Impacts(?) -- may all witness

A fine, fitting adios,
until three . . .

~ ph
Lewisburg, PA, 2023

Tracklist

1.	Gathering	1:43

2.	The Universal E	2:40

3.	DL Five	1:00

4.	Beloved Refracted	5:59

5.	To Swing or Not (II)	4:10

6.	Where's The Door	4:39

7.	Some Sick Slick	1:50

8.	Cycle	4:52

9.	DL Two	0:56

10.	Things Lee	5:44

11.	The Universal A	2:08

12.	DL Four	1:32

13.	Alone	7:07

14.	Music du Jour Too	4:27

15.	Jour Now	1:35

16.	A Lil' Iowa Get-Down	4:58

17.	To Swing Or Not (I)	4:27

18.	Music du Jour	3:11

19.	DL One	1:22

20.	Coda	4:56

Credits

released June 15, 2023

CODA(s)
No Fast Food III

David Liebman - soprano sax, wooden flute, bells
Drew Gress - bass, bells
Phil Haynes - drum set, gong, tunes & settings

December 14 + 15, 2022
Scholes Street Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Jon Rosenberg, engineer & electronica
Nicholas Horner, cover & graphic art
Phil Haynes, producer
Corner Store Jazz
c&p 2023

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