The Louie Belogenis Trio - Tiresias (2011) torrent

Porter Records: PRCD 4057
http://www.porterrecords.com/id109.html

* Louie Belogenis: tenor saxophone
* Sunny Murray: drums
* Michael Bisio: bass

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/louis-belogenis-mn0000230304
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Murray
http://www.michaelbisio.com/

Recorded by Marc Urselli on May 17, 2008 at Eastside Sound.

Tiresias
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiresias
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiresias

Reviews
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By Bruce Lee Gallanter
http://search2.downtownmusicgallery.com/lookup.cgi?item=2011_05_17_14_33_27

Featuring Louie Belogenis on tenor sax, Michael Bisio on contrabass and Sunny
Murray on drums. This is an immensely dynamic and spiritual trio that sound as
if they were meant to play together. Longtime legend Sunny Murray is considered
to be the godfather of "free-jazz" drums having worked with Albert Ayler and
Cecil Taylor in the mid-sixties and then forming his own series of bands
afterwards, often known as the Untouchable Factor. Two decades later, tenor sax
great Louis Belogenis organized a group called Prima Materia with the amazing
drummer Rashied Ali to play the music of John Coltrane & Albert Ayler. Sunny
Murray, who has been living in France for many years selected Louie to play
live and record with for a disc called 'Perles Noires Vol I' for the Eremite
label a few years back. So Mr. Belogenis returned the favor and asked Sunny
Murray to record a trio date in a great studio in NYC and the results are just
incredible.

'Tiresias' was was a blind prophet of Thebes in Greek mythology, famous for his
clairvoyance. In a way, naming this disc after after Tiresias does make sense
since this trio harks back to the birth of free jazz as well as into the
present and future with this spirit music that is rather elusive to pin
down. Choosing Michael Bisio for the bass chair is/was also a great idea since
he is one of the most creative and trustworthy bassists around. The trio starts
with a dreamy, slow-burning fury that builds through waves. Eerie bowed bass,
simmering drums & cymbals and Ayler-esque note-bending and crying through the
sax are at the center of this somber storm. All but one of the pieces was
spontaneously composed with just one cover of John Coltrane's "Alabama". During
the lengthy title piece Bisio plays a waltz-like groove while the sax and drums
swirl around one another with an elegant grace. Sunny's unaccompanied drums
solo ascends from a humble rumble stretching into a sleepy solo from Louie
slowly reaching for a calm conclusion. Trane's classic "Alabama" is a lovely,
delicate and tastefully captured with Bisio's touching bowed bass in perfect
tandem with Louie's peaceful tenor. "Seven Lives" is an upliftng conclusion of
strong slow-burning intensity. Occasionally sublime, consistently superb and
ultimately filled with those warm, fleeting free spirits.

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By Stef
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2011/05/louie-belogenis-trio-tiresias-porter.html

By Tim Niland

By Glenn Astarita
http://jazztimes.com/community/articles/27843-tiresias-the-louie-belogenis-trio-with-sunny-murray-michael-bisio

By Vittorio (it)
http://www.musiczoom.it/?p=7372

Guillaume Belhomme (fr)
http://grisli.canalblog.com/archives/2011/07/25/21673823.html