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A powerful, ARTICULATE IMPROVISED MUSIC RELEASE BY THIS MEETING OF NEW GENERATION WEST AND EAST COAST AMERICAN MUSICIANS. THIS TRUMPET, PIANO, ACOUSTIC BASS AND PERCUSSION QUARTET EXPLORES THE OUTER LIMITS OF EXTENDED TECHNIQUE AND ABSTRACTION WHILE STILL DELIVERING SERIOUS IMPACT. SCOWL CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 50 MINUTES OF FREE IMPROVISED MUSIC BY A QUARTET FEATURING TRUMPETER NATE WOOLEY, PIANIST SCOTT R. LOONEY, BASSIST DAMON SMITH AND DRUMMER WEASEL WALTER. THE ENSEMBLE S MUSIC IS A DISTINCT SUM TOTAL OF FOUR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES, DRAWING ON A WIDE PALETTE OF MUSICAL POSSIBILITIES, DYNAMICS AND TIMBRES. THE MUSIC IS FAST, CLEARLY DELINEATED, COMPACT AND WELL-ORCHESTRATED, DRAWING FROM THE SOUND VOCABULARIES OF 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY NEW MUSIC FORMS. NATE WOOLEY IS THE EAST COAST BASED TRUMPETER WHO HAS WORKED IN MINDBOGGLINGLY DIVERSE SETTINGS INCLUDING COLLABORATIONS WITH ANTHONY BRAXTON, JOHN ZORN, FRED FRITH, JOE MORRIS, WOLF EYES, AKRON/FAMILY, C.SPENCER YEH AND PETER EVANS. SCOTT R. LOONEY IS A TALENTED BAY AREA BASED PIANIST WHO HAS ACCOMPANIED HIGH CALIBER TALENTS LIKE OLIVER LAKE, FRANK GRATKOWSKI, WOLFGANG FUCHS AND JOELLE LEANDRE. HIS APPROACH MELDS DEFT KEYBOARD WORK WITH A STUNNING COLLECTION OF SOUNDS MADE WITH PREPARATIONS INSIDE THE PIANO. DAMON SMITH IS A GREAT BASSIST WHOSE AGGRESSIVE SOUND SPRINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE LEGACY OF PETER KOWALD. HE HAS PERFORMED WITH MAJOR ARTISTS SUCH AS PETER BROTZMANN, CECIL TAYLOR, ELLIOTT SHARP AND JOHN BUTCHER. WEASEL WALTER IS THE PERCUSSION DYNAMO WHO HAS COLLABORATED WITH MUSICIANS LIKE MARSHALL ALLEN, EVAN PARKER, HENRY KAISER, MARY HALVORSON, KEVIN DRUMM, PAUL FLAHERTY, KEN VANDERMARK AND JIM O ROURKE.