Loose Leaf - How We Cope
MNM026
"How We Cope" is the debut album from Loose Leaf, an experimental jazz and free improvising trio led by award-winning saxophonist Andrew Saragossi and featuring two of Australia's most idiosyncratic and exciting improvisers Helen Svoboda (d.bass) and Canadian drummer Dylan van der Schyff. The music explores the intersection of structured composition and free improvisation with a strong emphasis on texture, melody, expression and spontaneity.
Each member brings a deeply personal and adventurous approach to their instrument, employing extended techniques and textural improvisation to create a truly unique listening experience, a captivating blend of individual expression and collective exploration, cultivating moments of profound beauty, fierce intensity and pure ecstasy.
"How We Cope" features nine original compositions from Saragossi amidst five freely improvised journeys.
credits
released April 16, 2023
Andrew Saragossi - soprano & tenor saxophones
Helen Svoboda - double bass
Dylan van der Schyff - drum kit & percussion
Tracks 1,2,4,5,8,11 & 12 composed by Andrew Saragossi
Tracks 3,6,7,9 & 10 spontaneously composed by Loose Leaf (Andrew Saragossi, Helen Svoboda & Dylan van der Schyff)
Recorded at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University (August 2022)
Engineered and mixed by Pat Telfer & Dylan van der Schyff
Mastered by Joe Talia
Album photo shot by Celeste de Clario
Album art & design by Brodie McAllister