Paul Motian

"This slow build across the length of Volume III is perhaps its most appealing feature; we know these guys can play, we know they can challenge and cajole each other, but here Motian proves he can deftly conduct them through a cohesive emotional statement, given weight by the contours of its unfolding... Volume III finds the band refining its sound, boiling down its book of highly original music from the unfettered antics of past interactions into a more centered whole. Here's to a Volume IV.." - Charles Walker, All About Jazz

PERSONNEL:

PAUL MOTIAN, drums
CHRIS POTTER, tenor sax
LARRY GRENADIER, bass

MASABUMI KIKUCHI, piano
MAT MANERI, viola

Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, New York, December 2006

Tracks:

01. And So To Sleep Again
02. Ten
03. The Third Walk
04. The Hoax
05. Gang Of 5