THE WIRE: Travis Laplante & Yarn/Wire
THE WIRE: Travis Laplante & Yarn/Wire
BY WILLIAM MEYER
“A core paradox of Travis Laplante’s music is that while it taps into principles of the healing practices of qigong and acupuncture, it often pushes the tenor saxophonist and those who play with him to the brink. Like his work with the duo Subtle Degrees and saxophone quartet Battle Trance, Inner Garden is a carefully plotted longform work. But the switch from working with massed saxophones or a drum kit to a quartet of pianists and percussionists brings access to a world of softer sounds expressing a welcome gentleness that registers as powerfully as the moments of ecstatic release.”