Ellery Eskelin with Andrea Parkins & Jim Black
Arcanum Moderne
2003 - Hat Hut Records: hatOLOGY 588 
http://www.hathut.com/ology-content.html 
http://www.hathut.com/home.html?content=ology-content.html

* Ellery Eskelin: tenor saxophone
* Andrea Parkins: accordion, piano, sampler
* Jim Black: drums & percussion
 
http://home.earthlink.net/~eskelin/bandbio.html 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Parkins 
http://www.jimblack.com/

Recorded on May 31st, 2002 at The Studio in New York City.
Engineered by Jon Rosenberg.

Reviews
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By Glenn Astarita 
http://www.allmusic.com/album/arcanum-moderne-mw0000035191

This release furthers the saga of one the more interesting units in modern
jazz. Pushing nine years and countless tours, the trio's mark of identity is
firmly rooted within improvisation. However, tenor saxophonist Ellery Eskelin's
relatively complex compositions provide a forum for individual ingenuity,
witnessed countless times during the band's lengthy tenure. On this effort,
recorded in a New York City studio, the threesome explores grooves such as
samba, on the aptly titled "It's A Samba," where the band reformulates
tradition into a distinctive group sound. Eskelin's robust mode of attack
serves as a vortex of sorts for Andrea Parkins' accordion/piano/sampler
activities, and drummer Jim Black's personalized rhythmic exercises. Hence, the
listener should come to expect the unexpected. It's partly about Eskelin's
blustery lines intermixed with Parkins' swirling accordion maneuvers and
Black's odd-metered backbeats. At times, the trio moves forward with the
semblances of a rumbling freight train, via driving pulses and moments of
compositional deconstruction. Nevertheless, the musicians seem equally
comfortable when either engaging in a bit of controlled mayhem or executing
trance-like choruses and soul-searching lyricism. This is yet another superb
effort by one of the best groups in the business.

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By Nils Jacobson 
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0903_010.htm

By Aaron Steinberg 
http://jazztimes.com/articles/14284-arcanum-moderne-ellery-eskelin-andrea-parkins-jim-black

By Dominique Leone 
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2832-arcanum-moderne-with-andrea-parkins-and-jim-black/

Por José Francisco Tapiz (es) 
http://www.tomajazz.com/discos/eskelin_arcanum.htm