Jeff Davis - Leaf House (2012)

On the album Leaf House, Jeff Davis debuts the music of his powerful new trio with New York improvising greats Russ Lossing (piano) and Eivind Opsvik (bass). This recording is a snapshot of one day in the life of this dynamic trio, as each performance is a unique, improvisational experience. Throughout Leaf House, the trio weaves through Davis’ compositions with a hypnotic ease, creating moods that vacillate between peaceful and explosive. For Davis, the freedom involved in making music that is completely differently in each performance is sometimes unnerving, and always exhilarating. Each member of this trio is an actively sought-after musician on the New York scene, playing with such artists as the late Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, John Abercrombie, Billy Hart, Mark Helias and Tony Malaby, to name a few. Their trust in their own and each others’ abilities make their collaboration singularly effortless