Paul Flaherty
Whirl of Nothingness
FormatCDLabelFamily VineyardGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Saxophonist Paul Flaherty is New England's purveyor of the ecstatic jazz pulse. Even before his 1978 debut, Flaherty remained unshakable in the pursuit of soul healing and demon dashing through freedom music. Whirl of Nothingness, Flaherty's second solo album, is eight pieces of alto and soprano saxophone steeped in the theme of loss channeled through blasting improvisations that showcase his fabulous wailing and inferno of sound to stark bluesy melodies. Even without drum buddies Chris Corsano or Randall Colbourne, Flaherty's horn shudders and roars in gargantuan ways. In the slim cannon of solo horn records (alongside Anthony Braxton, Coleman Hawkins, Peter Brötzmann, Arthur Doyle), Whirl of Nothingness stands triumphantly strong and wholly distinct as a shifting sphere of sound poetry and spiritual tongue
Details
Cat. number: FV043CD
Year: 2006
Release notes
Recorded at PBS Studios, Westwood, MA, on February 9th, 2005 and mastered on February 17th, 2005.
Tracklist
| 1 | Compassion Lost And Found Again | 6:53 | |
| 2 | Blankets Wear The Naked Fear | 7:38 | |
| 3 | Firelance Lonely Heartache Still | 7:07 | |
| 4 | Shattered Scenes Of Blinding Burst | 5:53 | |
| 5 | Sweetly Danced In Times Of Hurtful Pleasure | 8:11 | |
| 6 | If You Step Back Far Enough... It'll Be All Right | 8:37 | |
| 7 | Monsters Hide In Plain Sight Dark | 8:51 | |
| 8 | Waiting To Be Lifted Onto The Flames | 9:02 |
Credits
- Paul Flaherty
- Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Composed By [All Spontaneus Improvistions By], Liner Notes, Producer
- Eric Weddle
- Design
- John Rogers
- Photography By [Photos]
- Peter Kontrimas
- Recorded By, Mastered By
