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1Drunkard Landlady 3:100:00/3:10
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2Inherit a Memory 4:300:00/4:30
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3Tell me 6:550:00/6:55
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4Stealing of Cream 4:080:00/4:08
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5Polly’s Eyes 5:410:00/5:41
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6Wrinkles of Time 5:300:00/5:30
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7Crossroads 5:580:00/5:58
The Noonan Trio: Inherit a Memory
Personnel
Sean Noonan – Drums, Vocals, Compositions
Matthew Bourne – Piano (BBC Jazz Innovation Award)
Michael Bardon – Double Bass
About
Maverick science meets its match with The Noonan Trio’s first album, Inherit a Memory—critically acclaimed and placed on the 68th GRAMMY Ballot for Best Alternative Jazz Album.
The trio explores the outer boundaries of musical radicalism, speculatively blending jazz rock, improvisation, and rhythmic storytelling.
With influences ranging from Dr. Rupert Sheldrake’s audacious Theory of Morphic Resonance and Formative Causation to the pioneering works of Conlon Nancarrow, Frank Zappa, and drummer Milford Graves, Sean Noonan’s distinctive style blurs the lines between drumming and narration, offering a fresh perspective on just about everything. Likewise, this music is about the great What If.
Sean Noonan is a celebrated N.Y. speaking drummer and composer based in London whose innovative music defies categorization. As a “rhythmic storyteller,” he crafts imaginative narratives akin to modern-day sonic griots, seamlessly blending ancient traditions of wandering minstrels with contemporary musical forms.
Inherit a Memory mirrors Dr. Sheldrake’s notion that patterns of activity operate more out of habit than rules, positioning The Noonan Trio to posit a deceptively real, fun, and emotionally unrestricted new world of the highest order.
Collaborations & Recognition
Noonan’s rhythmic storytelling evolved through collaborations with artists such as Marc Ribot, Marni Nixon (legendary Hollywood songstress), Malcolm Mooney (singer from CAN), Jamaaladeen Tacuma (bassist for Ornette Coleman), Irish American folk singer Susan McKeown, Malian Griot Abdoulaye Diabaté, and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Press Quote
“Independence might be the ruling concept of this drummer-leader’s career. It defines a common relationship not only among his hands, feet, and voice, but between his art and almost everything else in drumming.” — Modern Drummer Magazine
