Comes From Far Away From Here

Tamarisk

1 Going, Finding Leaves 7:00
2 For Quiet, A Spell Travelling 6:21
3 For Pleasures, Delights 4:26
4 Can Ever Be Sure 6:49
5 Then Proving, Moved 5:02
6 Knows She Goes To Meet A Friend 6:23
7 And We Will Dance and Sing 9:03
8 Here, Going All The Way Away 6:22

Resourcefulness is sometimes presented as a humble quality born of necessity. But it’s a foundational tenet of the exceptionally unconstrained members of improvising trio Tamarisk, consisting of Christina Carter, David Menestres, and Andrew Weathers. Their latest is a continuation of the interplay they’ve developed for a few years now on a handful of releases and while touring. Like the most bizarre sort of jazz combo, Tamarisk grazes the orbits of outré free improv, moody balladry, object play, staccato scraping, and the contemplation of vistas and landscapes.

Vocals vacillate between polished and raw, reaching bravely toward the upper and outer ranges, long-intoned, with spoken word elements and dramatic pauses between broken phrases and wordless utterances, all awash in arrivals and departures. The recordings are anchored with a broad array of techniques that admirably deconstruct an understanding of pacing and conventional movement in music, instead favoring constantly fluctuating textures and timbral variety. Unhinged chords, dissonant counterpoints, sprinklings of prepared work, scraping, and bowing.

This is a trio of sharp listeners who are unafraid of intimacy or dynamic extremes, and it enables a deep exploration into their own core. Tamarisk seems to ignore time altogether, dropping into a shared state of receptiveness that yields strange and compelling results throughout the album.

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Christina Carter
David Menestres
Andrew Weathers

Recorded at Wind Tide, Littlefield TX
March 29 - 31, 2022

Mixed and Mastered by Andrew Weathers
Album sequenced by E. Lindorff-Ellery

Artwork by E. Lindorff-Ellery
Printed by Small Fires Press