Somewhere Else (Barry Altschul album)

Somewhere Else is a live album by the Barry Altschul Trio, led by drummer Altschul, and featuring trombonist Ray Anderson and double bassist Mark Helias.

[1][2][3][4] This lineup of the Altschul trio would go on to record the studio album Brahma for the Sackville label the following year.

[5] In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "The four lengthy originals... have their moments, but there are also meandering sections...

Most of the sparks are provided by the virtuosic and eccentric Anderson; Helias has a strong bowed spot on the episodic 'Martin's Stew,' which is easily the strongest performance of the four.

"[1] The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings described the album as "a dialogue of the deaf," and commented: "Trios of this conformation are always difficult to modulate effectively.