About the Album
Travis Laplante is a composer, improviser, and saxophonist. Laplante leads the acclaimed tenor saxophone quartet Battle Trance, as well as Subtle Degrees, his duo with drummer Gerald Cleaver. His 2024 studio album The Golden Lock is in collaboration with Erika Dohi, Charles Overton, Lizzie Burns, and Eduardo Leandro.
The compositional process of The Golden lock began during October of 2021 at a nine-day artist residency in Maine at the School of 3 Lights; a school devoted to the training of artists’ inner muse. There were approximately 20 artists participating; choreographers, painters, poets, etc. all working in our own spaces but also coming together on a regular basis for conversation and performances.
Laplante's music has such profound sincerity and openness, I find it impossible to listen and remain unmoved. His latest, The Golden Lock—for a quintet featuring Erika Dohi on piano, Charles Overton on harp, Lizzie Burns on double bass, and Eduardo Leandro on percussion—takes a subtle but meaningful turn in the musical language used, and the result is as impactful and affecting as ever.
Lee Rice Epstein, Free Jazz Collective
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Album Credits
Performers:
Travis Laplante: composition, tenor saxophone
Erika Dohi: piano
Charles Overton: harp
Lizzie Burns: double bass
Eduardo Leandro: percussion
Recorded on January 13th and 14th 2023 at Guilford Sound
Recording Engineer: Dave Snyder
Assistant Engineer: Matt Hall
Mixing Engineer: Joseph Branciforte, Greyfade Studios
Mastering Engineer: Matt Mehlan
Layout Design: Matt Mayer
Produced by Travis Laplante
Cover Art: Sarah H. Paulson, Volcano (#15 of 19) 2023