I've really been enjoying Basil Kirchin's last album _Particles_. It was released this year. Basil passed away with cancer in 2005 at the age of 78. He had managed prior to his death to complete one more album. It's a fantastic and strange affair. I'm not sure how to describe it. The first track and the last track are the closest things to a normal jazz excursion and all of the tracks in between are like conversations between aliens that are also of mixed ethnicity and race. It's like plants talking to bicycles talking to Romulans. Each instrument takes on it's own flow and there is an interraction that is much like a conversation between instruments. I like it. I don't think it would be fun for all. There's a really great write up on this album at "Trunk Records":http://www.trunkrecords.com/turntable/particles.shtml. He also has a nice biography on "Allmusic Guide":http://wm03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:g9foxqu5ldse
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