MMBC “Terma” Release available on Bandcamp

https://michaelbisio.bandcamp.com/album/mmbc-terma

One of Karl Ackermann’s top 10 Creative Music of 2022 in All About Jazz - “Among the side effects of the 2020-2021 pandemic has been the rediscovery of misplaced resources. The trio MMBC dug up the fourteen-year-old recording MMBC Terma, a collection of nine group compositions and improvisations. MMBC is an acronym condensing the initials of the players. Tenor saxophonist (and psychoanalyst) Michael Monhart and drummer Ben Chadabe are lightly-recorded; acclaimed bassist-composer Michael Bisio rounds out the group. MMBC Terma has an energy that seems to pour out of every piece, increasing depth, and feeling.

The trio creates sounds of ethereal serenity and, alternately, colliding worlds. Monhart, Chadabe, and Bisio have plenty to say, and this album makes one wish they had created a larger body of work as a unit. Bisio has said that he hopes his music is a healing force; it is very much so on this album, which grows with repeated listening. The CD cover features the fascinating visual art of Dawn Bisio, Michael's wife.”

From the New York Jazz Record - “Terma, the MMBC release is one from the vaults (2007). Tenor saxophonist Michael Monhart and Bisio go back to the Seattle days, reuniting in New York. Drummer Ben Chadabe is based in New York. This is a freely improvised session, which also includes a tenor-drum duet as well as a solo drum piece. The music tends toward the quieter, more considered end of the spectrum. But all three dig deeply into their instruments and some outstanding music occurs…Great that this recording has finally been released and it is well worth hearing.”

TRIPTET

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/figures-in-the-carpet-triptet-engine-studios-review-by-hrayr-attarian

“This intriguing disc by an intelligently creative trio is clearly not for mainstream consumption. Its mixture of abstract intellectualism and visceral emotionality is, however, immensely rewarding for those more open-minded.”

https://www.freejazzblog.org/2013/08/triptet-figure-in-carpet-engine-2012.html

“You put on this music, and you immediately understand that this will be special, with wind chimes, sax and guitar creating a strange, rhythmic pulse, repetitive and ambient, dark and ominous.”

https://gapplegatemusicreview.blogspot.com/2013/05/triptet-figure-in-carpet.html

“But they do what they do with results that consistently interest, surprise and extend the listener's home turf, ultimately shooting him off to distant realms, trips of fancy and imagination.”

https://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/01/04/triptet-figure-in-the-carpet-2012/

“With Figure In The Carpet, Triptet races to the frontier of what is generally considered music, and if you’re willing to follow them out there, the provocative alchemy of sounds they put together will draw you in.”