Bristles is a new CD from the collective ensemble featuring bassist, Andrew Downing; trumpeter, Jim Lewis; and guitarist, David Occhipinti. The CD, is a collection of twelve songs – six jazz standards and six collaborative improvisations dedicated to painters such as Emily Carr and Cy Twombly. Five of the six jazz standards were recorded live from a concert at the Jazz Room in Waterloo, Ontario, where the trio performed in January of 2013.
The trio, which has been performing together since 2008, also experimented with improvisations, which resulted in six compositions dedicated to painters.
David Occhipinti produced and mixed their first release, Bristles, which was released on his Occdav Music label (OM007) and received 4 stars in Downbeat Magazine, which called it “cool and mysterious, stark but beautiful.”