Name: As Far As Death
Brand: Paul Flaherty and Zach Rowden

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

FV115LP

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Black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-11-04

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Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

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0656605411514

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Paul Flaherty and Zach Rowden

Genre GB

Jazz

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Family Vineyard

Family Vineyard is an established music label that has been curating newfangled and archival sounds since 1999. With a motto of "Newfangled and archival sounds aged to perfection," the label prides itself on bringing unique and timeless music to its audience.

Since its inception, Family Vineyard has been dedicated to discovering and promoting talented artists who push boundaries and create innovative music. The label's diverse roster includes a wide range of genres, from experimental rock to folk, jazz, and beyond.

With a passion for quality music, Family Vineyard carefully selects each release, ensuring that every album represents the best in artistic expression. Whether it's *John Smith*'s soulful melodies or *Jane Doe*'s avant-garde compositions, listeners can expect nothing less than exceptional musical experiences from this esteemed label.

As Far As Death is the cross-generational debut of fire music evangelist and saxophonist Paul Flaherty with double bassist and composer Zach Rowden. The Connecticut natives forge an album of dynamic free jazz interplay that also draws on imporous textures of contemporary music – an ecstatic reflection. After a half century of blowing the alto and tenor saxes, Flaherty's playing continues to molt and electrify. Whether solo, or with collaborators (Joe McPhee, Chris Corsano, Bill Nace, Daniel Carter, etc.), his blues-based, lyrical melodies anchor lung-bursting gallops. Rowden – whether as Tongue Depressor (a string duo with Henry Birdsey), in performance with cellist Leila Bordreuil, or his own musique concrete constructions balances harshness and elegiac drones. His past releases resemble resolute exploration into acoustics and noise. Together, Flaherty's monstrous howl is perfectly matched by Rowden's subterranean pitched drone and glacial pace. Each offers weeping lurches of tune, gasps of balladry and microtonal fields of interplay on five pieces. The side-long "Thrown Shadows" is an epic passage of avant jazz vs minimalism, as Rowden's low-register bowing offers a blackened landscape for Flaherty's most mournful notes. Artwork by Chris Corsano.

As Far As Death

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