Two years after the acclaimed live album Zurich Concert, which featured trumpeter Jamie Branch, the Dave Gisler trio adds another guest for a studio album – the giant of modern jazz – David Murray. Just as the trio immediately hit it off with Branch, Murray is furiously integrated into the band's punchy music, with the presence of both the trumpeter and tenor Saxophoneophonist opening up the group's sound. the resulting body of sound, propelled by punkish energy and the driving force of rock, the free-form aesthetics of the sixties and the cadences of modern jazz, navigates into open musical realms. "But there’s no doubt that as Branch’s final note resounds, Gisler and his collaborators will soldier on driven by a need to make music together," writes Peter Margasak in the liner notes.

Cover art and design: Fiona Ryan
Liner notes: Peter Margasak
Photo: Palma Fiacco

All Compositions by Dave Gisler (SUISA). Recorded November 1st and 2nd at Rotfarb Studio, Uznach, Switzerland by Lara Persia. Mixed by David Torn. Mastered at Hardstudios Winterthur by Michael Brändli. Disc and packaging by Adon Production A.G. Produced by Dave Gisler and Intakt Records. Published by Intakt Records.Intakt Records, P.O. Box, 8024 Zürich, Switzerland.