Ethereal Trio (2017)
Quinsin Nachoff – tenor sax
Mark Helias – bass
Dan Weiss – drums
Ethereal Trio features Nachoff on tenor saxophone with bassist Mark Helias and drummer Dan Weiss. Recorded in a single session, the album moves between through-composed structures and open improvisation, with each piece following its own internal logic.
The trio format offered a different kind of writing, contrapuntal, harmonically open, and shaped around the interplay of three distinct voices. Helias’s bass often carries harmonic weight that would otherwise require a chordal instrument, while Weiss navigates complex rhythmic frameworks with flexibility and precision.
Released 2017 on Whirlwind Recordings
“The trio is loose without being casual, at once taut and free, and the consistent quality of detailed interplay and invention brings Nachoff’s forceful, inventive tenor playing to the fore. It may be his most satisfying recording to date.”
—David Reed, The WholeNote
“Improvisational masterworks… Highly recommended.”
—John Kelman, All About Jazz ★★★★