KEN THOMSON AND SLOW/FAST - SETTLE
New from alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist and composer Ken
Thomson and his quicksilver quintet Slow/Fast is their new release Settle. The
album exhibits the kind of stylistic breadth and alert experimentation that one
would expect from a leader famed for his work in both the worlds of new jazz
and contemporary classical music. Thomson is joined by guitar phenomenon Nir
Felder, trumpeter Russ Johnson, bassist Adam Armstrong and drummer Fred
Kennedy.
JOE MORRIS – MESS HALL
Striking improvisations from the trio of Joe Morris on
guitar, Steve Lantner on keyboards, and Jerome Dupree on bass – working here on
material that's composed on the spot during performance, but which has a
surprising sense of structure at times! Both Morris and Lantner use cycles of
sound to their best advantage – spinning out elements that are noisy, but which
really warm with familiarity – especially as they find a way to resonate
strongly together. The drums can be intense one minute, looser the next – which
provides a good sense of tension in the record – and titles include "Dirt
Reverence", "Response Arena", "Advanced Animal",
"Hymn Zone", and "Magnet Move". ~ Dusty Groove
DAVID HOLMES – 71 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
One of the darkest soundtracks we've ever heard from David
Holmes – presented here as one single long piece of music, put together almost
as an audio collage that evokes all the tension and black mood of the film 71!
Holmes really stretches himself strongly here – and goes for these subtle,
often lower-end sounds that kind of bubble together in the darkness, then
emerge in different ways as the piece goes on – and if you only know the work
of David Holmes from his funky or more retro-styled film scores, you'll be
pretty stunned here! Individual passages include "The Hunt",
"Where's The Soldier", "Escape From Divis", and
"Aftermath" – but the whole thing runs together as one long work. ~
Dusty Groove
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