Album Notes

Special 2-Disc Package!

With special guests Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Isotope 217), Scott Amendola (Nels Cline Singers), and DJ Olive (Sonic Youth, MMW), The Bottesini Project came together in August 2007 to meld Denver’s thriving free improv scene with some
of the finest instrumentalists in the world. Bringing to the stage three musicians with tremendous skill and diversity and adding a quartet featuring some of the best players in Denver today created a night of music to remember!

With no preparation, rehearsal, or discussion, the band hit the stage with the intent to explore the coming together of seven musical personalities, guided only by the spirit of free improvisation. However, this music differs greatly from the commonly expected result of free improv. Instead of meandering, pulse free atmospheres, this band has an uncanny ability to create the impression of composed, rehearsed music. There are songs spontaneously born, strong grooves, and overall a feeling that all seven of these musicians were locked into each other’s presence.

The concert was produced by Westword’s 2008 Mastermind recipient Creative Music Works Knowing that this performance would be the only chance to capture the unique energy of the first encounter, the night was recorded for release. The result is one hundred minutes of music, spanning two discs, that covers a stunning amount of territory, and both shows off the great individual talents involved as well as the synergy of the ensemble as a whole.