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 | | Differing from the earlier outing, the ensemble cast on Free Zone Appleby 2003 teeters between strings and winds consisting of: Tony Coe (clarinet), John Edwards (bass), Alan Hacker (clarinet), Sylvia Hallett (violin, voice, sarangi), Marcio Mattos (bass), Phillip Wachsmann (violin, electronics), Kenny Wheeler (flugelhorn) and Parker opting only to uncap his tenor saxophone. |
 | | Both men adapt expertly to free improv argots of their partners and their duet together on “W2-2,” a lush braiding of chalumeau flutters and slippery glisses begs for further elaboration beyond its three minutes. |
 | | Old friends Parker and Wheeler have their own chance to scrimmage with the strings as well as converse in isolation on the appropriately titled “W2-1.” Parker puckers his embouchure with a string of clipped percussive reed pops while Wheeler mixes terse blurts with more measured chains of brittle brassy notes. |
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