Primal Elegance is a collaboration between guitarist Bud Tristano and pianist Connie Crothers, and represents freely improvised instrumental music selected from private sessions from June 1997 to January 2001. The work prompted Rotcod Zajj of Improvijazzation Nation to write, "You'll hear why the title is so apt. Crothers' keyboard explores the kind(s) of rhythm(s) you might have heard 'round earliest man's campfires and Tristano's strings scream and soar as I imagine primal man did when gathered together. It is clear that they enjoy playing and exploring together, and their energy level for conveying this to the listener are at peak! Lots of improvisation, beautiful interplays and some different combinations." Aaron Steinberg of Jazz Times added "Bud Tristano treats this encounter like one long, segmented guitar solo, definitely putting the primal in primal elegance." A challenging, engaging work.
| 1 | Primal Elegance Instrumental Guitar | 4:51 |
| 2 | Poesía Instrumental Guitar | 3:06 |
| 3 | M-Theory Instrumental Guitar | 4:29 |
| 4 | Modal Instrumental Guitar | 2:44 |
| 5 | Sunspot Instrumental Guitar | 3:48 |
| 6 | Mahicanituk (The Continutally Flowing Waters) Instrumental Guitar | 5:26 |
| 7 | Sound Painting Instrumental Guitar | 5:31 |
| 8 | A Room In Manhattan Instrumental Guitar | 2:16 |
| 9 | Anima Manahatta Instrumental Guitar | 8:07 |
| 10 | Fractal Instrumental Guitar | 7:29 |