Sam Wilkes, Craig Weinrib, and Dylan Day (Vinyl)

Most of this recording was made during a single early evening in Southern California, outdoors, with the San Bernardino Mountains in view.Sam Wilkes played bass guitar, Craig Weinrib played trap drums, and Dylan Day played electric guitar.Eight months after that dusk recording session, the trio reconvened to capture a few more pieces. Wilkes wanted to hear Dylan play a Jobim melody (How Insensitive), Dylan wanted to hear Craig play a funeral march (When I Can Read My Titles Clear), and Craig wanted to play nice and gentle.The resulting record, a document of an initial and seemingly fated musical encounter, conveys the ease and the intensity of the trio’s chemistry. Their shared sonic affinities, while essential to the record’s sound, feel secondary to the integrity, confidence, and mutual regard that suffuse each note and every beat.Atop standards, folk songs, and hymns, Wilkes, Weinrib, and Day unfurl a series of cascading improvisations. Joyful and precise music.