A FURY IN THE MIND, by Jeff Henderson, Edward Ware, Eamon Edmundson-Wells

A FURY IN THE MIND

by Jeff Henderson, Edward Ware, Eamon Edmundson-Wells

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1.	The Fates 09:00	buy track
2.	Live Long Ages 08:23	buy track
3.	Triple Thread 06:21	buy track
4.	A Fleecing Visit 01:47	buy track
5.	A Fury in the Mind 08:15	buy track
6.	Stratification Nation 11:05	buy track

about

'A Fury in the Mind'

"Improvisation is not composition" - this is the kind of deliberately provocative, and possibly tongue in cheek remark, I've been hearing from Jeff for years now, (we've been making music on and off one way or another since the '90's) and Jeff's approach to sound is every bit as exploratory and engaging.

Jeff Henderson is the extraordinary musician playing saxophones on this recording along with the equally compelling Eamon Edmundsen-Wells on acoustic bass and myself on drums.

So if improvisation is not composition, what is it? In the same way as Socrates can famously assert that "..the unexamined life is not worth living..." without ever perhaps expecting to define exactly what that 'life' is, then we can freely examine the materials of music without having to consciously engage with any pre-conditions of composition, or follow any particular rules that dictate aesthetic value - in short, we remain open to the unexpected.

This music is elemental, organic and evolutionary.
It is adaptable to circumstance and arises from it.
It is present tense immediate in its creation.

And perhaps the best we can hope for as artists and conduits for its creation, is that your engagement with it, as the listener, will draw you deeply into your own experience of what it is to listen attentively to the unfolding of musical life.

Edward Ware
New York, Oct. 2022

credits

released February 19, 2023

Jeff Henderson - alto, baritone saxophones

Edward Ware - drums

Eamon Edmundson-Wells - double bass

recorded at The Audio Foundation
Tāmaki Makaurau, Aeotearoa, New Zealand
April 11, 2022

mixed and mastered by Jeff Henderson

cover art: composite image conceived by Edward Ware
and Jeff Henderson, utilizing images by Marek Piwnicki and Maximalfocus

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about

Edward Ware New York, New York

I moved from New Zealand to New York in 1990 looking for the stimulus and challenges of life in an artistic centre of international stature and reputation. My work is equally inspired by the influences of visual art, literature and poetry as it is by the sonic worlds of other composers.
I currently spend my time between NYC and Barcelona. More info. can be found at my web site. ... more