Battle Trance’s ‘Green of Winter’ Blends the Beautiful and Eerie With Saxophones
Battle Trance’s Green of Winter goes further down the rabbit hole of abstraction, minimalism, and impressionism while testing the limits of the saxophone.
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Travis Laplante’s ‘Wild Tapestry’ Embraces Unpredictability
Avant-jazz saxophonist Travis Laplante and the weather can be equally hard to predict. His latest stunning album, Wild Tapestry, combines both.
Two Contemporary Jazz Greats, One Absurdly Tremendous Sound
With just drums and sax, Subtle Degrees crank up a whirling dervish of sound.
Travis Laplante and Peter Evans – ‘Secret Meeting’ (album stream) (premiere)
On Friday, February 5, NNA Tapes will release Secret Meeting, the first collaboration between saxophonist Travis Laplante and trumpeter Peter Evans. And as far as collaborations go, it is a pure one. Both are playing from the hip, running back and forth between peaceful pedal tones and lightening-fast skronk. Stylistically falling somewhere between Laplante’s avant-garde super group Little Women and his breathy side-project Battle Trance, Secret Meeting is a sprawling album celebrating “an umbilical cord-like connection” between the two musicians.
TRACK LIST
1. After the End (17.18)
2. Nothing is what it seems (9:54)
3. Secret Meeting (8:20)
4. Sand (8:31)
Battle Trance: Palace of Wind
Travis Laplante's new band couldn't have come up with a better name for the debut if they tried.