Photo by Yukio Fukushima |
Kronosonic Interview | cadence interview (2003) | one final note interview | jazz weekly interview | allaboutjazz.com | all music guide | avant magazine interview | cadence (1997) | coast weekly article | downbeat | dusted magazine | jazziz | jazztimes | penguin guide | san francisco weekly concert preview Downbeat Magazine, March 2000Bruce Eisenbeil Crosscurrent Trio: Mural (CIMP 194; 69:53) ***1/2. This 36-year-old Chicago guitarist plays in a strikingly original style, the aural equivalent of a Jackson Pollock painting, laced with abstract (atonal) filigree lines and an undercurrent of searching lyricism. His Fender Stratocaster's heavy-gauge strings produce a uniquely percussive sound; it's nice to hear obsessive activity combined with quiet dynamics. - Paul De Barros |