Creative Orchestra (Guelph) 2007    Pieces of Time  Eyvind Kang,
violin François Houle, clarinet Dylan van der Schyff, drums  As
the long, appreciative applause at the end suggests, you should
have been there.  Still, Pieces of Time captures a glimpse of
what was a momentous meeting on an auspicious night.  Five
brilliant improvisations recorded live at the Western Front in
Vancouver.  Kang, Houle and van der Schyff forge a radical
statement here. In no known camp, but an ear (6 of them) for all
things subtle, and fine attention to nuance, shade and grain
make audible a microcosmic, subterranean world.  A new kind of
tree perhaps, but one with deep roots. Produced by Dylan van der
Schyff. Recorded by Shawn Pierce for Maximum Music Ltd. at the
Western Front, Vancouver BC, on November 28th, 1997.   What the
critics are saying:  "On Pieces of Time's five improvisations,
Chinese folk themes collide with pointillistic splatter and
pensive melodies snake through textural soundscrapes; everything
is glued together b