Two Swiss players, saxman Leimgruber and pianist Demierre, and the great American bassist Barre Phillips (now approaching his 80th birthday): Three elder statesmen of the European free jazz / improv scene present their latest trio recording live at Instants Chavirés, Montreuil, in December 2010. This is the fourth album the trio has recorded, with previous works available on Jazzwerkstatt, Psi and Victo. Outside of this particular group all three have enormous discographies. The trio's instrumentation of sax plus piano and bass mirrors that of the Giuffre, Paul Bley and Steve Swallow version that recorded Free Fall (Columbia, 1962) not a bad point of comparison, although this trio is not as restrained or quiet as that Giuffre trio. amazon.com
