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UncutFeb 4, 2013A thrilling, surprisingly melodic dialogue. [Mar 2013, p.77]
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Jan 25, 2013Free-jazz listeners familiar with the work of Evan Parker or Peter Brötzmann will find Stones easy to relate to, but the energetic compatibility of this impromptu partnership exerts a broader appeal than that.
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Jan 25, 2013With Stones, Gustafsson and Stetson have encountered not only one another in a magical way, but they communicate the power of beauty itself.
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Feb 4, 2013The recording captures the irrecoverable magic of a first meeting and encapsulates it.
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Feb 13, 2013As is often the case, the idea of this partnership ends up being better than the result.
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Jan 25, 2013They sound like they find some tenuous common ground here, some new feel in their wandering, but it's hard for us to cut through all the pounding noise and hear what that is.
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Jan 25, 2013There are flashes of coherence and grace in all the furious noodling, but overall, you probably had to be there, bathed in the glory of mortal combat.