By Jury Kobayashi

Hailing from Omaha, Kyle Jessen is a saxophonist making actually compelling
and highly effective music. His newest and first full-length album launch

Primitive

is a uncooked and uncompromising solo saxophone album. This album is one other
great launch from Relative Pitch Data of their collection of solo
instrumental albums.

I have all the time had a tender spot for solo albums and this one doesn’t
disappoint. The very first thing that struck me after I listened to this album is
the complexity of Jessen’s sound. The preliminary observe, Loss of life Entice, bursts out
with a barrage of multiphonics, blisteringly screaming from the saxophone.
Jessen wields these sounds with care and crafts a fancy language that
yields a tune constructed out of layers of multiphonics. Ambushed By The Spray of
Lead, takes a distinct method, a transparent tone slurps as much as a whistle and
again down with growls interjecting all through.

I am struck consistently by how patiently this album builds every
improvisation. It shouldn’t be a relaxed album however the methodical nature by which
Jessen dissects, grows, or expands every musical gesture feels calm and
calculated. Regardless of the screams and violence talked about within the album
description offered on Bandcamp there’s additionally tranquility in the way in which that
Jessen sculpts every music; this album is by some means each minimal and maximal at
the identical time.

My favorite observe is the title observe of the album that seems final on the
file. Jessen covers the vary of the saxophone squeaking out excellent
altissimo pops towards low bellowing notes. The size of the altissimo
multiphonics are staggering, and the bending of pitches, are nearly
harmonica-like. The leaps in register catch me abruptly in every listening
of the observe.