...and another review!!

[Steve Lawson <steve@steve-lawson.co.uk>]

here's the english translation of that italian review I posted a week or so
ago - I think he likes it... :o)

"A little less than a year ago we looked at the debut album by the talented
London-based bassist Steve Lawson, a disc which afforded an amazing variety
of perspectives from the instrument of a musician blessed with a keen
melodic sense and an innate propensity to experiment. Now Steve has shifted
focus, taking on a new challenge, together with pianist Jez Carr, based on 
a
series of spontaneous improvisations which, as the two musicians assure us
in the sleeve notes, have not been planned in any way, but were approached
as a conversation (hence the albumıs title). And the resulting feeling of
looseness is like that of a quiet chat over a coffee in which the most
diverse subjects are addressed, wandering from one point to the next
following a logical thread that only a dialogue can have. Barely murmured
phrases, sounds that rise up to emphasise certain points, whispers and
laughter, all skilfully evoked by Lawsonıs mellow bass and Carrıs refined
jazzy piano, which over the sixty-five minutes bear witness to a rare
sensibility, together with an excellent training and a remarkable aptitude
for more extreme challenges. How can we extrapolate from these outlines
something that stands out against the rest when the whole is so close to
perfection and when everything is so magically balanced, so beautifully
ethereal? A disc that reinforces the idea of improvised music as one of the
highest musical forms, where the deepest secrets of the human heart 
surface,
allowing a pure approach founded on the innocence of the listener and
vulnerability of the musician to create an unrepeatable piece of magic, 
free
from restrictions, expectations and preconceptions. Magnificent! Allow
yourself to be involved in Conversations, which will free you from your
mortal remains for a little more than an hour and let your mind contemplate
the universe from a privileged viewpoint. You will not regret it. Available
from Pillow Mountain Records."

 - the review is from No Warning -
http://digilander.iol.it/anewland/nowarn.htm and the translation is by
Harvey Jessop. 

cheers

Steve 
www.steve-lawson.co.uk
www.pillowmountainrecords.co.uk