Merega/Kaplan/Cappelli “Watch the Walls Instead” UW002

Track Listing:
1. White With Clouds
2. Blue On Blue
3. Still Yellow
4. Absence of Color
5. Too Much Light to Tell
6. Metal or Wood
7. A Picture, You Blinked
8. Patterns On the Glass
9. Tentative Light
10. Things We Used to Know
11. Forgotten Corners
12. Some Wind and Voices

Blue On Blue (Excerpt):

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Metal or Wood (Excerpt):

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Named #8 on Lucid Culture’s “20 Best Jazz Albums of 2012″ list

Featured on Mark Corroto’s “Best Music Releases of the First Half of 2012″ list  (All About Jazz)

Featured on David Adler’s “Recommended New Releases” list in the New York City Jazz Record, August 2012

“Inescapably gripping, simply one of this year’s best jazz albums.  It’s a must-own for fans of free jazz . . .” — Lucid Culture, NYC

“A startling display of spooky, tension-filled free jazz performed by a wide-open, deep-listening crew of mavericks.” — Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes 

“This is engaging work, in a constant process of self-definition, as unpredictable as one could hope free improvisation to be.” – Stuart Broomer, The New York City Jazz Record 

Electric bassist Giacomo Merega leads this trio featuring Noah Kaplan (saxophone) and Marco Cappelli (guitars) in collaborative settings with Anthony Coleman (piano) and Mauro Pagani (violin). Watch the Walls Instead is the follow up to Merega’s critically acclaimed debut, The Light and Other Things (2008).

“So, how is the music on this recording? Well, it’s like when Webern was asked to write the music for that classic sci-fi thriller in the early 80′s, and eventually it turned out that Webern had actually been long deceased (which caused great embarrassment among the producers). At least, that’s how I remember that story, and this music maybe too, somehow.”  – Giacomo Merega

Watch the Walls Instead features liner notes by Sparrow, cover photo by Monia Lippi, and design by Clay Lerner (included with the digital releases).  P + C 2012 Underwolf Records.

Artists:
Giacomo Merega (electric bass)
Noah Kaplan (tenor and soprano saxophones)
Marco Cappelli (guitars)
with
Anthony Coleman (piano)
Mauro Pagani (violin)

Available Formats:

Merega/Kaplan/Cappelli “Watch the Walls Instead” Limited Edition CD-R $13:

Merega/Kaplan/Cappelli “Watch the Walls Instead” Digital Release (MP3 320 kbps) $8:

Merega/Kaplan/Cappelli “Watch the Walls Instead” Digital Release (WAV) $10: