Personnel:

Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet

Tomas Fujiwara - drums

Recorded March 13, 2006, by Nick Lloyd at Firehouse 12 Studios, New Haven, CT

Produced by Tomas Fujiwara and Taylor Ho Bynum

Cover art by Nathan Boyer

Track Listings:

1. Wisdom (1:28)
2. The Upset (5:07)
3. Five Miniatures (Ficciones) (6:58)
4. Ship (3:28)
5. The Leaning Reflection (4:06)
6. Akickitaround (3:05)
7. Biloxi / Ikuru (1:47)
8. The Emperor of Ice Cream (14:28)
9. Wisdom (Reprise) (2:40)

All compositions by Tomas Fujiwara and Taylor Ho Bynum

"A scintillating album...Mr. Bynum, a cornetist, and Mr. Fujiwara, a drummer, engage in a duologue crackling with improvisational energy but guided by compositional prescription." Nate Chinen, The New York Times

"Self-imposed parameters prove fruitful for Bynum and his longtime collaborator Tomas Fujiwara...but even when playing without a framework, as in "The Emperor of Ice Cream," the pair manages to construct a convincing narrative arc, with Fujiwara's hypnotic wash acting as the perfect foil for Bynum's voicelike exclamations." Hank Shteamer, Time Out New York

"A series of stirring duets...the session yields a plethora of timbral delights...Throughout, Bynum and Fujiwara play with sensitivity and abandon, frenzy and restraint, pushing and pulling structural dynamics every which way. The album's epic centerpiece, “The Emperor of Ice Cream,” is almost fifteen minutes of unfettered expressionism." Troy Collins, AllAboutJazz

"****" Bill Meyer, Downbeat Magazine

"Top 10 CDs of 2007" Howard Mandel, Jazz Beyond Jazz; K. Leander Williams, Time Out New York; and Brian Morton, Jazz Review