Barre Phillips & Gyorgy Kurtag Jr. - Face A Face

The grandmaster of improvised bass and the electronics-playing son of Hungary's great contemporary composer share a deep commitment to making new music in the moment, informed by their different lives and experiences.

With his subtle use of synthesizers and digital percussion, Gy�rgy Kurt�g Jr shapes shifting spaces for Barre Phillips to negotiate, an acoustic labyrinth illuminated in detail in Manfred Eicher's crystalline mix.

Recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France, Face � Face is a consistently fascinating album.

Barre Phillips: double bass
Gy�rgy Kurt�g Jr: live electronics

Press:

The duo's highly conversational music embraces a kaleidoscopic array of sounds, textures and performance dynamics...Face � Face is a triumph of ingenuity and imagination. - Jazz Journal