The Wire
August 99
Ellery Eskelin & Han Bennink
Dissonant Characters HATOLOGY 534 CD
Peter Pfister's bang-up studio sound makes
you realize how rarely Bennink has been
effectively caught on record. If all those old
ICP releases hadn't made the drums sound
so dusty, he might have won rightful
recognition a lot earlier. Saxophonist Eskelin
is all crackling energy and sharp corners,
bluster tempered by structural intuition, which
cuts off the music just when it threatens to
ramble. Han's wristy swing is inimitable and
(ten minutes at a time) tireless, making
Dissonant Characters the best of a recent
spate of tenor-drums records.
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