Improvision (album)
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| Improvision | ||||
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| Released | 2007 | |||
| Recorded | April 2007 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 54:55 | |||
| Label | Abstract Logix ABLX 007 | |||
| Producer | Alex Machacek | |||
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Improvision is an album by guitarist Alex Machacek, drummer Jeff Sipe, and bassist Matthew Garrison. It was recorded in April 2007, and was released later that year by Abstract Logix.[1][2][3][4]
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz |  [5] |
| All About Jazz | [6] |
In a review for Jazz Times, Forrest Dylan Bryant praised the album's "quicksilver melody and locomotive rhythm," and wrote: "this progressive fusion disc proclaims the continued vitality of electric and electronic jazz."[7]
John Kelman of All About Jazz awarded the album a full 5 stars, calling it "another step forward for a kind of intelligent fusion that juxtaposes inspired soloing with near-telepathic interplay and imaginative writing."[5] AAJ's Ian Patterson also awarded the album 5 stars, calling it "wonderful music," and commenting: "The CD sleeve suggests filing Improvision under Jazz/Rock. Perhaps a more fertile idea, in keeping with the music, and in the hope that it reaches the widest possible audience would be to file it under Extraordinary."[6]
A writer for The Free Jazz Collective remarked: "the music evolves from high speed and intense music with lots of soloing to a calmer atmosphere in the end, with subdued and even some meditative moments."[8]