conifer

Phillip Greenlief, tenor saxophone
Angelica Sanchez, piano
Tom Rainey, drums

Conifer: a tree that bears cones and needle-like or scale-like leaves that are typically evergreen. Conifers are of major importance as the source of softwood, and also supply resins and turpentine.

The trio’s music is as diverse as a western forest: it can be sharp, as in pointed, direct, protective of the species. The lifeblood of the music is something essential, like a resin that can act as a connective tissue – the three musicians exchanging the elements of music – rhythm, harmony, melody, texture – invisibly, magically, the group knows no one way of making, it is constantly reimagining itself, using improvisation as a way of exploring the possible.