D Bayne / Tim Daisy / Kurt Johnson Trio

Though this album, produced in November of 2001, was recorded by a group that only worked together briefly, the results do not betray that secret. In this case, the members' widely differing backgrounds and styles made for an unusual hybrid. Daisy is well known now as a fixture in the Chicago free-jazz scene and a long standing member of the Vandermark 5. Kurt Johnson, the more enigmatic member of the trio, hailing from the Peabody Institute has performed with much louder and noiser bands Flying Luttenbachers, Lozenge and Cheer-Accident. Interestingly, Kurt Johnson and Tim Daisy played together later as the initial rhythm section in Kyle Bruckmann's excellent chamber jazz ensemble Wrack.

The tone and character of the music is inspired by Japanese jazz pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, Israeli novelist Amos Oz and of course the illustrious Paul Bley.