Detroit-born Brennan won Cadence and Coda accolades with his very first recording, back in I982, but hasn't broken through to the big time. Roscoe Mitchell and Ornette Coleman are the only obvious influences on saxophone..

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deep dish 103 Brennan; Rachim Ausar-Sahu (b); Acácio Cardoso (d). 95.

One’s first reaction on hearing this disc might be to check the recording date. Trio sessions of this type have been around for some time and probably reached their zenith with Ornette’s Gyllencirkelt recordings for Blue Note. Brennan is very much in that mould and in Ausar-Sahu and Cardoso he has playing partners who are well versed in their Izenzons and Moffetts. The tracks are mostly brief, pungent and slightly inconsequentiaL There isn’t a piece here that really grabs the attention, and yet cumulatively this is a rather effective record that asks to be heard again.

-Richard Cook & Brian Morton