Stephan Crump - Outliers (2019)

The fourth and most recent album by the critically-acclaimed hard-grooving, highly colorful all-string Rosetta Trio, revealing new depths of feel and telepathy. Featuring the original lineup of Liberty Ellman (acoustic guitar), Jamie Fox (electric guitar), Stephan Crump (acoustic bass). In Crump's own words: I put Rosetta Trio together in 2004 to test out some new work I d sewn together from many fragments that had came to me over the weeks and months after 9/11. At the time, I wasn t thinking about starting a new group. I had this very personal material and needed to surround myself with people I trusted, old friends. Liberty and Jamie hadn t previously played together, but I had a hunch there d be sparks. I documented those first sessions, and upon listening I knew there was something special happening, that this was a band. Nevertheless, it took a lot of work for us to find how the ensemble might function, to balance the lift and the lean. That work led us to the first album, Rosetta. I hadn t thought beyond this initial experience, but the trio kept playing, touring the States and Europe, becoming a deeper, more expansive version of itself. And there was more I wanted to try in the writing. Next, we made Reclamation, then Thwirl, for which I invited the guys to contribute compositions (Jamie s piece made that album, and Liberty s is presented here). As it turned out, there was yet more I wanted to try. It started with Re Eyes, which grabbed me and wouldn t let go. By the time I finished the piece, I knew we were headed back over the mountain. And here we are, Outliers.