Dan Noseworthy Trio Live and at Great Risk
JazzMét
reviewed by Jim Little

The music on guitarist Dan Noseworthy's debut CD is culled from two different Montreal sessions: seven tracks recorded at Great Risk studio in September 1997 and four recorded live at La Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur in February 2000. Drummer Pierre Tanguay is constant throughout; the bassist is Frédréic Alarie on the seven studio sides and Normand Guibeault on the four live ones. All compositions are by the leader.

The Newfoundland-born Noseworthy, who's studied at McGill and Concordia universities, as well as at the Banff Centre, has been a Montreal resident and regular on the local scene for a number of years, usually performing in a trio or quartet format. For me, his sometimes brittle attack and shardlike lines have more affinity with the rough-hewn virtuosity of Nelson Symonds than the fluid, expansive style of Sonny Greenwich. Yet this, together with Noseworthy's respect for the tradition of trying to get into the moment, is particularly appealing. Standout tracks her include the wry skew of Thelotin', the loose-yet-tight fell of Red Green Blues and the charged interaction between bandmates on Blues Nu.

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