Ellery Eskelin started as a post bop player in the '80s. However, his style quickly evolved into free form mostly as an extension to Be Bop especially since he got associated with accordeonist Andrea Parkins and drummer Jim Black. The Bop phrasing is still there but the II-V-I orthodoxy is gone and at times no chords can be distinguished at all. His compositions are very taxing, both as one critic said on the audience and the musician. His music certainly keeps you awake like the sharp turns of a mediteranean winding mountain road. Tonight we will sample the pre-Parkins/Black trio 1990 Hatology recording Forms.

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