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Ian Froman
(September 2005 Issue)
Every Note Counts Ferocious!
That's Ian Froman live with Dave Liebman, Rick Margitza, and his own
band, Metalwood. If Froman
kept a proper scrapbook, instead of
envelopes strewn about his Greenwich Village co-op, it would be bulging
with clippings
exclaiming much the same thing.
Case in point: When Downbeat magazine covered Metalwood gigging in
support of The Recline
(Telarc), it stated, "Froman stood out as the group's most dynamic
performer. He soloed
frenetically." Ian creates the same intensity on
Sheryl Bailey's acclaimed Power Of 3 and on Wolfgang
Schalk's Rainbows In The Night, where he's joined by David Kikosky, Roy Haynes' pianist. To hear Froman
really killing, check out a date by ex-Miles saxophonist Rick Margitza, Heart Of Hearts.
Explaining his full-out
performances, Ian says, "I've worked
extensively with great people, from Miroslav Vitous to Gary Burton to
Liebman.
They generate such serious time and sound, it's shaped my
approach: Every note counts. Although I create an illusion that
I'm
playing loose and broken, I'm adhering to a strong time policy. When I
play quietly, I'm still burning.
Margitza's told me, "Man, you really
played the room tonight," and people say, 'It was cooking - but it
wasn't
loud!'"
T.
Bruce Wittet
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