Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double - March (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

When drummer, composer and bandleader Tomas Fujiwara debuted his Triple Double ensemble in 2017 with an album of the same name, this was hardly the first ensemble he’s led or co-led. But on the configuration of it alone, this ensemble qualifies as his most intriguing. For this sextet, Fujiwara did away with bass but brought in two guitarists (Mary Halvorson, Brandon Seabrook), two trumpets (Ralph Alessi, Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet, actually), and Gerald Cleaver to play drums alongside him. And that’s where the intrigue comes in: Fujiwara is able to treat this as two drums/trumpet/guitar trios playing side by side, or three duos of each instrument or any possible grouping in between. You still get his advanced mixture of scored and improvisational composition style that he brings to all of his dates, but he can get really creative with how he arrays all this talent at his songs.

Shortly before the curtain of contagion descended upon the world, Fujiwara and his doubly-good crew recorded their second album and it’s only now emerging in March 2022. Befittingly, the album is called March, and it proves that Fujiwara ain’t near done exhausting the possibilities with this band.

With six players at Fujiwara’s disposal to mix and match as he pleases, you don’t know what he’s going to hit you with. In fact, “Pack Up, Coming For You” starts with just a triple, no double: Fujiwara, Halvorson and Bynum. After a short motif introduction, the three plunge headlong into skronk-land — Halvorson’s guitar growling particularly savage — before re-emerging with the second trio that in its own way introduces order that quickly breaks down again. Finally the whole six bring the song to an end. The yo-yo between civilized and feral makes for a fun time going on the aural roller coaster ride.

TRACKLIST

01. Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double - Pack Up, Coming for You
02. Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double - Life Only Gets More
03. Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double - Wave Shake and Angle Bounce
04. Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double - The March of the Storm Before the Quiet of the Dance
05. Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double - Docile Fury Ballad
06. Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double - Silhouettes in Smoke
07. Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double - For Alan, Pt. 2



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