Baldi/Gerycz Duo - After Commodore Perry Service Plaza

AMERICAN DREAMS

£20.14

Cat. no: LPADR11
Format: LP
Barcode: 618119854553
Release Date: 19th February 2021
Genre: Jazz

‘We tend to do the free jazz sessions right at the end of long tours,’ Baldi says, ‘or after making other records, so it’s a nice break from the more regimented song forms that the other bands have, or from playing the same songs every night on tour.’

For Baldi & Gerycz, free jazz is a release - something to break apart stretches of familiar songwriting - and because of that, there’s a lot of joy in these recordings - see the raucous album closer ‘The Holy Retrievers (In Transit).’ Admittedly After Commodore Perry Service Plaza is a bittersweet collection, though - compiled from the final session Baldi & Gerycz recorded in person.

As such, it’s a cherished memory - it’s also kindling for creation - those original feelings inspire the duo to find novel ways to collaborate, even perform.

Tracks: Hermit Thrush/Vat of Oil / Frog Congress At Dawn / The Holy Retrievers (In Transit)