The trio then continues Exploring, with the same instrumentation as track one and in a similarly free improvisatory style, typical of the kind of non-idiomatic free improvisation championed by Derek Bailey and other first generation improvisers in the 1960s. There are though moments when Nii Noi’s use of the bow recalls the style and sound of Ornette Coleman’s violin playing.
credits
from Sketches of Africa (2016),
released August 23, 2016
Nii Noi Nortey: ngoni harp/lute,
David Panton: piano,
Mark Sanders: drums and percussion.
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