Eddie Prévost, John Edwards, N.O. Moore

Darkened, yet shone is a trio of Eddie Prévost on drums, John Edwards on double bass and N.O. Moore on electric guitar, recorded live in London. It mixes free improvisation with free jazz energy and rock attack, and has all three players active almost all the time, a long way from the spacious, room-conscious approach of AMM.

The concert took place at Iklectik in London on 8 August 2017. The disc holds four improvisations: Kinetic Disturbance, Sonorous Image Matter, the title piece and Let's leave Rene Descartes out of this, the longest at over twenty-two minutes. Writing in The Squid's Ear, Brian Olewnick described Prévost and Edwards as virtuosos of the highest order. Moore, then a relative newcomer, has a grounding in rock attacks and effects, and his biting, stinging tone recalled to Olewnick James Blood Ulmer tempered by John Russell. He found the dynamic level steady, fairly loud, until the last track opens up with hesitations and breaks. Moore also wrote the CD notes, an essay on improvisation.

Published by Matchless Recordings in 2018 as MRCD 98, on CD, recorded by Giovanni La Rovere.