Chris Forsyth: First Flight (Solar Live Vol. 5)

"First Flight" documents about 40 minutes of jams recorded during the third week of Chris Forsyth's September residency at NYC's Nublu in fall 2019. The idea of the residency was to mix things up with special guests, different band lineups, and varied set lists, keeping things fresh and new week-to-week, and this show was the wild card of the bunch. Although percussionist Ryan Jewel and Forsyth have played together for years, and Dave Harrington (gtr) and Spencer Zahn (bass) have played together for years, neither half of the band had ever met each other. Forsyth was tangentially aware of Dave and his music and was intrigued by what he'd heard and thought it was a cool idea when the residency promoter suggested a collaboration. So about 30 minutes after they'd met for the first time, they got up and played for a little over an hour, uninterrupted. All that was discussed beforehand was that they shouldn't discuss anything beforehand - not a key or a riff to start with, nothing - so