Although Andrew Bishop formed his reeds/drums/bass trio Bishop/Cleaver/Flood in Ann Arbor, Michigan back in 1996, the avant jazz outfit has been featured on only two albums since then, 2005's Time Imaginary Time and 2015's De Profundis, both released by Envoi. The paucity of B/C/F recorded output is unsurprising given Bishop's many irons in the fire as educator, composer, and collaborator -- not to mention dedicated family man. And although reedman Bishop and bassist Tim Flood remain Ann Arbor area residents, Detroit-born drummer Gerald Cleaver is now a Brooklynite, and one of creative improvised music's most in-demand percussionists. So one reason to celebrate De Profundis' arrival is the mere fact that these three musicians were able to schedule studio recording time together, but more satisfying is the evidence the album presents that Bishop, Cleaver, and Flood remain as intuitive as ever. That holds true across a record wide-ranging enough to view both the centuries-old music of Renaissance composer Josquin Des Prez and the joys and challenges of contemporary family life through an avant jazz lense. The De Profundis title is derived from a Des Prez motet, but Bishop ultimately used a two-voice passage from the composer as source material for a six-part suite heard here, and also chose to intersperse the suite's individual movements between five "domestic bliss" pieces that provide generally upbeat contrast.

1		Introit
2		Falling Up
3		Fleeting Light
4		There Are Many Monkeys
5		The Muse
6		Bottled
7		The Commute
8		Six Days, Five Nights
9		From the Depths
10		Now What
11		Benedictus

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