The duet also offers a great opportunity for free interplay with the possibility of greater exploration and in this the result is a delight.

The duet also provides a great opportunity for liberated interplay; with only one foil there is a chance for greater exploration, as long as the two players are intimately simpatico. Such is the case with pianist Edward Simon and woodwind multi-instrumentalist David Binney, who have been working together in a variety of contexts for over fifteen years. The result of their long-term association is the kind of attention to detail, and ability to intuit the subtlest turn of phrase, that makes their first album as a duo, Fiestas de Agosto, such a treat. It's more than just playing a phrase in unison, and it's more than catching onto an improvised motif; it's about being able to anticipate and lock into the smallest variation in parlance, as well as more overt rhythmic and melodic conceits. It would be missing the point to define this collaboration in terms of one player accompanying the other. While there are clear solo demarcations and structures that place one instrument more out front, this is a true collaboration, more about a collective sound and a combined aesthetic. Contrasting the light with the dark, the introspective with the outgoing, Fiestas de Agosto is the result of two players working with a shared understanding and a clearly similar set of musical goals. (John Kelman, AllAboutJazz)

Track Listing

• Dawn Of Indifference
• Fiestas
• Coast Of The Desert
• Ask The Dust
• True To Life
• August
• Moment
• Unknown Path
• I Hear A Rhapsody
• Immersion
• True To Life – Reprise
• When You Return
• Lifelong

Additional Details

Label: Red Records

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 57 mins

Release Date: 02/12/07

UPC: 027312330427