I << Tonight in Avignon, France (La Manutention: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ajmi/site/indexflash.html ), Jeff Parker (AACM member and guitarist ith Tortoise, Chicago Underground and others) will be playing with his VEGA trio (with bassist Bernard Santacruz and percussionist Michael Zerang). I only know Parker through the Chicago Undergound album, and don't really know what to expect with this trio. Anyone around here heard this trio live or on their self-tittled album ? What's it like ? Impro-oriented ? kind of straight ? Or maybe someone knows where to find a review of their album somewhere on the net ? Thanks for your comments and help. Pascal. >> I really like the Vega cd a lot. Quite similar to Parker's Tricolor, maybe even better. A lot of unstructured improv but some written sections as well. I'm more familiar with what Parker has done outside of Tortoise than the other way around. I really like the Aesop 4tet cd he did with Ernest Dawkins and Hamid Drake. I even like the cuts with the vocals and the scratching. Really great playing on that one. Cheers, John T