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Kalahari Crossing 04:33
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Slip 'n' Slide 03:39
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Brush Dance 02:39
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Kamakura 05:32
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Second Line Strut 04:08
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Tears for Ukraine 07:41
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Outback Inn 05:13
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Birth of a Rainbow 02:04
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Artful Dodgers 02:42
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Fiddle Sticks 04:01
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about

Artful Dodgers is the result of what happens when “critical mass” meets opportunity — in this case, the chance to add a critical component at just the right moment to an already potent entity.

Three Story Sandbox, with guest artist, violinist Mark Feldman, reprises the inventive and delightfully
musical free improvisation heard on its debut release Three Story Sandbox (Tall Grass Records, 2016). That project followed the highly-acclaimed Snakeheads & Ladybugs (2014), a brilliant album of improvised duets by two master jazz musicians, drummer Jack Mouse and multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson. Equally adept at all styles of the jazz genre, their musical rapport is vividly captured.

For Three Story Sandbox, Jack and Scott added vocalist Janice Borla, describing her as having the musical knowledge, technique and comprehension of abstract concepts — traits possessed by the great master instrumental improvisers. The result was an album hailed as captivating, powerful, compelling, visceral and inspired, and a DownBeat Magazine Editor’s Pick.

The current release Artful Dodgers expands the trio to include guest artist Mark Feldman. A violin virtuoso, Feldman is known for his adventurous, genre-bending work in the worlds of jazz, improvised music and 20th century contemporary music. The addition of Feldman’s violin here exponentially expands the range of sonic possibilities and interactions.

The album’s title refers to the nickname of a young pickpocket in Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist, a scamp and rascal known for his playful skill in deftly evading obstacles, inconveniences and other challenges, skills which also come into play in free improvisation. The overarching premise of the album is to make improvised music that sounds written – to create a spontaneous, conversational, yet organized interplay of sounds.

Interplay is on radiant display throughout this album. The tracks offer a variety of settings — duets, trios, quartets — which comprise a broad array of textures and a full emotional palette, from exuberant joy to beguiling aural imageries. Jack’s total percussion mastery demonstrates his skills not only as an intuitive compositional soloist but also a sensitive, conversational accompanist. Scott’s impeccable abilities and limitless creative imagination shine on tenor and slide saxophones, bamboo flute and East Indian gobichand. Janice freely exploits the full range of her vocal capabilities as if another instrumentalist, with consummate artistry. Mark’s technical brilliance on violin yields a gorgeous sound and a passionate, often fiery playing style.

When so much of what is called “free Jazz” is unstructured, chaotic, discordant and often unaccessible,
the music on Artful Dodgers is in fact uniquely accessible. Each of its thirteen pieces is crafted to convey a mood, ambience and compelling atmosphere that makes each one a story unto itself. Despite the total spontaneity and freedom involved in making this music, it is powerfully structured, totally cohesive, richly musical, vividly virtuosic and absolutely enjoyable on every level. Another masterful recording by Three Story Sandbox.

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released August 18, 2023

Janice Borla - voice
Scott Robinson – tenor saxophone
slide saxophone
bamboo flute
gobichand
Jack Mouse - drum set
Chinese opera gong
Japanese hyoshigi
Sabian Zodiac gong
Sabian thunder sheet
Sabian tam-tam
Japanese densho bell
Slaperoo slapstick

Guest artist -
Mark Feldman – violin

Co-producers - Jack Mouse & Janice Borla
Cover design - Ying Chen, ycArt Design Studio
Recorded by Steve Yates at Tall Grass Studio, Naperville, IL, April 12, 2022
Mixed & mastered by Steve Yates at Steve Yates Recording, Morton Grove, IL
Jack Mouse plays Yamaha drums, Sabian cymbals, Aquarian drum heads and Vic Firth sticks and mallets exclusively
Scott Robinson plays Vandoren reeds and mouthpieces

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