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]

Improvision
Studio album by
Released2007
RecordedApril 2007
GenreJazz fusion
Length54:55
LabelAbstract Logix
ABLX 007
ProducerAlex Machacek
Alex Machacek chronology
Sic
(2006)
Improvision
(2007)
The Official Triangle Sessions
(2009)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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]

Track listing

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  1. "There's a New Sheriff in Town" – 6:26
  2. "Along Came a Spider" – 4:27
  3. "Shona" – 6:59
  4. "Gem1" – 5:21
  5. "Gem2" – 2:45
  6. "To Whom It May Concern" – 2:40
  7. "Yoga for Cats 1" – 2:21
  8. "Yoga for Cats 2" – 4:48
  9. "Very Sad" – 8:13
  10. "Matt's Riff" – 4:56
  11. "Put Me Back to Sleep" – 5:59

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Alex Machacek: Improvision". AllMusic. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "Alex Machacek - Improvision". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Improvision". Prog Archives. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Machacek/Sipe/Garrison 'Improvisation'". Guitar Nine. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Kelman, John (September 11, 2007). "Alex Machacek / Jeff Sipe / Matt Garrison: Improvision". All About Jazz. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Patterson, Ian (September 21, 2007). "Alex Machacek / Jeff Sipe / Matt Garrison: Improvision". All About Jazz. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  7. ^ Bryant, Forrest Dylan (April 1, 2008). "Alex Machacek/Jeff Sipe/Matthew Garrison: Improvision". Jazz Times. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  8. ^ "Guitars, guitars, guitars, guitars..." The Free Jazz Collective. October 17, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2022.