RASMUSSEN-FLAHERTY-ROWDEN-CORSANO - Crying in Space

"Danish alto saxophonist Mette Rasmussen joins Connecticut free-jazz lifer Paul Flaherty for a ferocious yet deeply attuned session, with bassist Zach Rowden and drummer Chris Corsano driving and shaping the fire. Flaherty sticks mostly to alto, often blurring identities with Rasmussen in surging lines of uncanny empathy, while Rowden’s gritty arco and Corsano’s restless pulse lock seamlessly into the storm. The quartet pushes toward ecstatic apocalypse, channeling a raw, near-ceremonial exaltation that nods to the gospel-soaked spirit of Albert Ayler."