Although they’re based on opposite coasts, Elori Saxl and Henry Solomon have collaborated in the past – Solomon played in Saxl’s quartet live and accompanied her on the Texada soundtrack and Drifts and Surfaces EP – but this latest release marks the first time they’ve worked together as equal partners. With Solomon on baritone saxophone and bass clarinet and Saxl on the Juno 106 synthesizer, Seeing Is Forgetting exquisitely blends ambient and jazz while working in the occasional pop melody.
Saxl is based in New York City, and Solomon is in Los Angeles; their new record was recorded in Solomon’s hometown over five days. Self-described as “improvised music from the ground up… a meeting of both our minds,…