Low Yellow by Martin Blume, Wilbert de Joode, John Butcher

John Butcher - tenor saxophone
Wilbert de Joode - double bass
Martin Blume - drums and percussion

Released on jazzwerkstatt in 2018

"Low Yellow could be described as a classic Free Music session featuring the London-based Butcher on tenor saxophone with Dortmund-based percussionist Martin Blume and Amsterdam bassist Wilbert de Joode. It's four tracks depend on the shale-tough pulse of De Joode that anchors the program, allowing the saxophonist and drummer to roam over the sound field.
The sonic output of the music is such that despite the distinctive properties of each player, it’s often difficult to ascribe individual textures to a particular instrument. The unforced improvisations also take on a rootsy Blues feel via de Joode’s scratches that seem to be pulling the finish off the bass strings and equivalent tonal reed vibration from Butcher.
“Grottoes”, is an extended challenge involving many pitches and textures. Butcher’s circular breathed multiphonics are perfectly balanced by de Joode’s rolling spiccato lines and Blume’s clip-clop drum beats, until the track eventually evolves before the conclusion into two recitals: the bassist’s solo showcase of emphasized affiliated notes and rhythmic patterns that then ease into accompanying Butcher’s final reed drama of circularly breathed snorts, upwards staccato tones and connective slurs."
Jazz Word - Ken Waxmann

Improviser, Composer, Saxophonist.
Born in Brighton.
Lives in London.

johnbutcher.org.uk