Gone Like Train came together recently when saxophonist Nathan Hanson (Fantastic Merlins) and trombonist Christopher Cox (Junkyard Empire) discovered they had some mutual friends in the world of creative improvised music. Determined to jam together they made a few calls and the result was a session with bassist Brian Roessler (Fantastic Merlins, Jello Slave, Electropolis) and drummer Alden Ikeda (Gloryland Pony Cat, George Cartwright).
The session was so much fun that they decided they should do it again. The next time they played together was live at the Acadia Cafe. Both Brian and Alden could not make the gig, so it was the young Daniel Duke playing bass and Tim Glenn drumming for the show. The incomparable Dean Lembrecht recorded the show, so we are talking about a band that has its first ever gig recorded, and the plan is to have them all recorded.
It is always a rare treat to catch a group of longtime improvisers, with really busy schedules, together for an impromptu night of live experimental improvisation. Unrehearsed, not planned, but truly purposeful. This is the music of molecules; of the Earth itself; of the void between objects. It's an exercise in playing within the moment, totally focused upon the active unconscious that makes the world go round. And sometimes we end up playing the blues.
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