Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet 11/8/19 Firehouse 12

I take it for granted that Firehouse 12, a New Haven haven for improvised music,  is a magnet for top quality music exploration. Cornet player Taylor Ho Bynum is a progenitor of the venue, musically, and I think financially. The crew he assembled, is the Firehouse home team. Joined by Jim Hobbs on sax, Bill Lowe on tuba and trombone, Tomas Fujiwara on drums, Ken Filiano on bass, and Mary Halvorsen on guitar, the sextet explored one long piece for the second set. Most of these musicians have some tutelage from the great Anthony Braxton, and it shows. One section had Bynum doing a circular breathing workout, another section had the brass "laughing" through cup mutes and plungers. The bass was furious providing some funk backdrop with Fujiwara. Much of the piece had some duo doing a lyrical passage under some improvised blowing.