SILVERVEST
The unique duo of Nic Caloia (upright bass) and vocalist Kim Zombik offers an elegant, skeletal take on song and harnesses power of vulnerability. Echoing the sophisticated songcraft of everyone from Joni Mitchell to Laurie Anderson, and even the eerie jazz malaise Archie Shepp's collaboration with Jeanne Lee, Blasé, Caloia and Zombik distill their 30+ years of varied experience through this project to offer something that's at once palatable, and unclassifiable—minimalist in execution but robust in impact. Sitting between the carefully mapped-out and daringly freeform, between popular sensibilities and avant garde restlessness Silvervest's sonic identity is clear, palpably melodic, yet always leaves room for intuition and boundless exploration.
MATTHEW SHIPP/ IVO PERELMAN
Pianist/ composer Matthew Shipp is defined by defiantly unclassifiable approach, swerving gleefully between out-jazz, electronics, modern classical, and hip-hop. He's played alongside everyone from David S. Ware to DJ Spooky, wayward rappers Anti-Pop Consortium to Roscoe Mitchell. He joins one of his most frequent collaborators, Brazilian saxophonist Ivo Perelman, another player of restless reinvention who has worked alongside Paul Bley, Rashied Ali, Joanne Brackeen and Elton Dean (of the Soft Machine). Their remarkable synergy is documented across numerous recordings on the famed Leo imprint.