{"product_id":"parrhesia-1","title":"Parrhesia","description":"Personnel: Stephen Haynes (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn); Joe Morris (guitar, electric guitar); Warren Smith (vocals, marimba, drums, percussion).\u003cbr\u003eRecording information: Metrosonic Studios, Brooklyn, NY (01\/03\/2010).\u003cbr\u003eThose who have listened to a lot of avant-garde jazz over the years know that some of it -- not all of it, but some of it -- has favored a scorched earth policy. In the '60s, free jazz firebrands such as Cecil Taylor, John Coltrane (after 1964), Gato Barbieri (before he turned to more melodic post-bop and after that, crossover jazz) and Albert Ayler offered vicious, dense, harshly atonal music that showed listeners little or no mercy; it was brutal sensory assault long before death metal, black metal, techno, or metalcore used suffocating density to pummel the listener into submission. But not all avant-garde jazz has adhered to a take-no-prisoners agenda. There is also the kinder, gentler approach to avant-garde jazz that Chicago's AACM first unveiled in the '60s -- and after all these years, avant-garde jazzmen realize that they don't necessarily have to be confrontational or abrasive. They can be reflective instead, which is how trumpeter Stephen Haynes approaches things on Parrhesia -- an early 2010 date that finds him working in a trio setting with Warren Smith (drums, percussion, marimba) and Joe Morris (electric guitar). Parrhesia does not confront; it reflects and contemplates. And instead of emphasizing density, the trio thrives on the use of space -- which makes a huge difference and gives the listener a lot more breathing room. But make no mistake: Parrhesia is not about inside\/outside improvisation. Parrhesia is outside from start to finish. Haynes (who is also heard on cornet and flügelhorn) and his two colleagues thrive on intellectual abstraction; it isn't the bombastic, hatchet-wielding abstraction of Coltrane circa 1966, but it is abstraction nonetheless. And the threesome's abstraction yields satisfying results on this 51-minute CD. ~ Alex Henderson","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50595543810335,"sku":"753182272306","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/28e5ff4adadd85903f632d6e20dd5d9a.jpg?v=1777884043","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/parrhesia-1","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}