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Fantastic trio release from Julian Arguelles from 2006. The music is loosely inspired by the many nonchord saxophone trios to have emerged in the history of jazz especially the Sonny Rollins' trio, Ornette Coleman Trio and an early Jan Garbarek trio. The music spans the possibilities of improvisation/composition by using the many influences of Julian's compositions and these three improvisers.

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The evolution of the saxophonist and composer Julian Arguelles into the British Joe Lovano (with plenty of Celtic and European free-improv variations of his own) has been an absorbing process to witness. Arguelles begins a British tour in mid-October with this cutting-edge trio - featuring Americans Michael Formanek and Tom Rainey, usually associates of Tim Berne, on bass and drums. Arguelles' speed of thought, unpredictability, resourcefulness and tonal command with several reed instruments links him to the musics of Ornette Coleman, Steve Lacy and Evan Parker, and his partners are on his case at every twist and turn.

     —John Fordham, The Guardian

Leaving London for a cottage in the Scottish countryside might make many musicians calm down, but Julian Argüelles is becoming harder instead.

     —Martin Longley, BBC

A COMPELLING encounter between Brit saxophonist Arguelles and the US rhythm team of Michael Formanek and Tom Rainey. Compression rather than expansion is the thing, and, in its variety of pace, concentration of focus and attention to detail, Partita sounds like the work of an orchestra rather than a trio.

     —Alan Brownlee, Metro