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1LP Vinyl – LSR2214LP

"I saw these improvisation sessions as a place of purity," says Julien, "and a return to the way I played music as a child, free from the constraints of genre or judgement. I aimed to approach each session without preconceptions and just be present, and let the music unfold at its own pace."

The remarkable thing about being truly present is that each moment becomes a period of infinitely elastic time if one can find a way to stay there, and here Julien fulfils the potential of each and every moment.

Interspersed through the album's first side is a tribute to fellow saxophonist/composer Mark Simmonds, whose death occurred during this project's creation. Were the pantheon of Australia's greatest jazz artists assembled in the night sky, Simmonds would be the blazing comet among them. No local musician of any stripe has ever played with more intensity – which wore Mark down to the point where he had to abandon public performance, leaving just one official recording, Fire, and a treasure-trove of memories for those lucky enough to have heard him live.

Meditations by Julien Wilson