Tony Malaby: Sabino
By Mark Corroto

"...For this disc he stays with a piano-less quartet but replaces the trumpet with French guitarist Marc Ducret, a former member of Tim Berne’s bands Big Satan and Caos Totale. In fact all three sidemen heard here are former associates of Berne. Drummer Tom Rainey played in Big Satan and Paraphrase and Formanek is a member of Bloodcount and Caos Totale. Malaby, like Berne, eschews the soft side of jazz for that irascible edge. Ducret plays perfect accessory to this music as he tends towards the angular. Even the circular-waltz “Ajo Comino” doesn’t ease the tension. But you can find beauty in this coarse affair; the title track has a kinder street touch. But sans piano leave the quartet with the constant job of locomotion throughout. Malaby relies heavily on Formanek for much of the structure as Rainey is constantly supplying accent. Connoisseurs of creative voices in jazz will appreciate Malaby’s singular voice."

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