Open Question Vol. 1, by Daniel Carter, Ayumi Ishito, Eric Plaks, Zach Swanson, Jon Panikkar

Open Question Vol. 1

by Daniel Carter, Ayumi Ishito, Eric Plaks, Zach Swanson, Jon Panikkar

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Open Question Vol. 1—soon to be followed by a second volume—is the first of two albums that rely on stellar, warm, collective, and freely improvised music. The band formed organically in 2019 from weekly jam sessions in Harlem; it is comprised of tenor saxophonist Ayumi Ishito, pianist Eric Plaks, bassist Zach Swanson, and drummer Jon Panikkar, and later, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter. Recording an album with only free-improvisation was Ishito’s long time dream, stalled by the pandemic, and realized only this year. Open Question’s music today, while fully improvised, remains firmly rooted in the jazz tradition. This is best heard on “Synchronicity,” the last recorded piece of the session, where each musician’s trajectory diverges even as the piece holds together. On the track, Carter starts out with soprano sax then later switches to tenor toward the middle of the piece, as Carter and Ishito playfully spar with competing tenor melodies. This album marks Ayumi Ishito’s second album on 577 Records, following her widely-acclaimed Ayumi Ishito & the Spacemen Vol. 1 (2021).

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released January 21, 2022

Daniel Carter: Trumpet, flute, clarinet, soprano, alto, tenor sax
Ayumi Ishito: Tenor sax/fx
Eric Plaks: Piano, wurlitzer
Zach Swanson: Acoustic bass
Jon Panikkar: Drums

Recorded November 11, 2020 by Chris Benham at Big Orange Sheep, Brooklyn, NY
Mixed by Akihiro Nishimura
Mastered by Jeremy Loucas at Sear Sound, New York City

Cover painting: Echo by MiHee Kim Magee
Graphic design by Sergio Vezzali

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577 Records is an independent record label based in Brooklyn, New York
operating since 2001

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One of the legendary masters of creative music. Daniel Carter has recorded or performed with William Parker, Federico Ughi, DJ Logic, Thurston Moore, Yo La Tengo, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Sonic Youth, Sam Rivers, Yoko Ono, Living Colour, Medesky Martin and Wood and Jaco Pastorius among others. He is a member of the cooperative free jazz groups TEST and Other Dimensions In Music. ... more

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