Jim Staley & Co.
Mumbo Jumbo (EIN004/CD)

Previously a double length LP (Rift Records #12), now edited for CD, Jim Staley & Co. conjure up "...prime...NYC art damage, all trios, with Staley's expressive trombone as the common denominator", (Bill Tilland, Option Magazine). Featuring the improvisational talents of Elliot Sharp, Wayne Horvitz, Shelly Hirsch, Samm Bennet, Ikue Mori, Bill Frisell, Fred Frith & John Zorn. The result of a philosophy that wishes to extend the development of intuition from the matter of spontaneous musical decisions to the initial choice of the musicians themselves, Mumbo Jumbo explores the nature of improvisation.