Phillips is a sage of the bow, turning harmonies into shaded reveries that speak of decades leading to their emergence. In “Extended Circumstances,” he sings with mythical electricity in folds of cricket-like chatter. His pizzicato, too, moves vocally through the refractions of “Ruptured Air...
ECM 1164John Abercrombie QuartetAbercrombie Quartet(Nov 1979) ECM 1165Gary PeacockShift In The Wind(Feb 1980) ECM 1166Enrico Rava Quartet>>Ah<<(Dec 1979) ECM 1167Art Ensemble of ChicagoFull Force(Jan 1980) ECM 1168 NSReichOctet / Music for a Large Ensemble / Violin Phase(Feb/Mar 1980) EC...