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1.
Hiatus 09:38
2.
Yo No Se Nada 07:38
3.
The High Line 04:01
4.
Languid 09:11
5.
On Impulse 09:59
6.
Organum 04:48
7.
Lullaby in Black 07:30
8.
Creeper 09:35
9.
Let it Ring 07:07

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Flux
Alister Spence Trio
Rufus Records RF065

ARIA Best Australian Jazz Album Nominee 2004

‘This is the sound of the hammer striking the nail right on the head, sweetly, every time.’ Financial Review, Australia

Alister Spence - piano, samples on tracks 4 and 6
Lloyd Swanton - double bass
Toby Hall - drums, percussion, glockenspiel

It is hard to believe that 3 years have passed since our last recording. However, in that time new material has been working its way in to our repertoire and it seems a good time to document the music we have been playing most recently.
Once again the music encompasses a wide range stylistically from the swing 3 feel of the opening track [Hiatus] to the repeated chords of the last [Let it Ring], which is written as an excuse to use the sustain pedal on the piano, hence the title. Several times in the last few years we have featured the music of the late American pianist/composer Horace Tapscott in our concerts, so it seemed fitting to record his wonderful ballad, Lullaby in Black.

'Expressing a style based on mainstream and integrating free form and new sensations that remind us of Paul Bley, it would be no exaggeration to say that Spence's intellectual taste, and the fact that he doesn't get caught up in ritual or tradition, highlights an outstanding personality, and that indeed he is fully rivalling the pianists who have brought about the present boom in piano trio music'
Swing Journal, Japan March 2003

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released November 3, 2003

All compositions by Alister Spence copyright control
except: On Impulse Toby Hall copyright control and Lullaby in Black Horace Tapscott Zeni Music - BMI

Recorded July 16-18, 2003 at Sony Music Studios East Sydney
Recording and Mixing Engineer Ross A'hern
Mastered by Paul Bryant at Sony Music Studios
Produced by Alister Spence
Assistant Producer Ross A'hern
Executive Producer Tim Dunn
Overs Piano 225 (No 003) Piano manufactured and serviced by Ron Overs*
Art Direction and Design by Cheryl Orsini
Photography by Kuji Jenkins
Cover Photograph by Alister Spence

*Overs Piano 225 (No 003)
Ron Overs has been rebuilding concert pianos for Australian institutions for fifteen years, incorporating many of his own designs changes to improve tone and enhance tuning stability.In 2000, after designing an improved grand piano action (patent pending), Ron Overs began producing his own 225cm grand piano.
In just two years the distinctive Overs tone created by these changes to traditional piano design has been acclaimed both in Australia and internationally. Overs 225 pianos are currently in production for the Conservatorium High School and the Sydney Conservatorium.
www.overspianos.com.au

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Alister Spence Sydney, Australia

Pianist, improviser and composer, Alister Spence has established a reputation as a creative force in jazz and improvised music in Australia and beyond. He has performed with and composed for some of the world's finest musicians.
Projects include:
Alister Spence Trio; Asteroid Ekosystem; Kira Kira with Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura;
Sensaround;
Spence/MacDonald duo; Spence/Williamson/Cantillo. ... more

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