MAKAYA MCCRAVEN – IN THE MOMENT
A totally unique record from drummer Makaya McCraven – and a great one too! The set's built around improvised performances recorded over the period of a year – with some of Chicago's best underground jazz talents, including Matt Ulery on bass, Marquis Hill on trumpet, Jeff Parker on guitar, Justefan on vibes, Desean Jones on tenor, Tony Barba on tenor and electronics, and Josh Abrams on bass – and the performances are then edited down into these shorter, focused tracks that are really wonderful! The music is still quite live in its approach at most moments – and often given a very rhythmic pulse in the way it's put together, but never in any sort of hokey or heavy-handed remix way. The basslines are wonderful – full, round, and very modal – and titles include "The Jaunt", "Time Travel", "The Encore", "The Drop", "Finances", "Just Stay Right There", and "Three Fifths A Man". ~ Dusty Groove
A totally unique record from drummer Makaya McCraven – and a great one too! The set's built around improvised performances recorded over the period of a year – with some of Chicago's best underground jazz talents, including Matt Ulery on bass, Marquis Hill on trumpet, Jeff Parker on guitar, Justefan on vibes, Desean Jones on tenor, Tony Barba on tenor and electronics, and Josh Abrams on bass – and the performances are then edited down into these shorter, focused tracks that are really wonderful! The music is still quite live in its approach at most moments – and often given a very rhythmic pulse in the way it's put together, but never in any sort of hokey or heavy-handed remix way. The basslines are wonderful – full, round, and very modal – and titles include "The Jaunt", "Time Travel", "The Encore", "The Drop", "Finances", "Just Stay Right There", and "Three Fifths A Man". ~ Dusty Groove
MARK TURNER QUARTET – LATHE OF HEAVEN
Majestic music from tenorist Mark Turner – a set that has
him soaring gently with trumpeter Avishai Cohen, a partner who really seems to
make the record sparkle! The group's a quartet, with no piano – just Joe Martin
on bass and Marcus Gilmore on drums – and the tenor and trumpet do a great job
of carving lines in open space, but with a fullness and focus that's quite
different than an ECM date like this might have sounded decades back. The
record really lives up to Turner's great legacy, but also has a unique sort of
power as well – and all tunes are original compositions, with titles that
include "Lathe Of Heaven", "Sonnet For Stevie",
"Brother Sister 2", "Ethan's Line", and "The
Edenist". ~ Dusty Groove
JEAN-LOUIS MATINIER / MARCO AMBROSINI - INVENTIO
An instrumental pairing you're not likely to hear every day
– the accordion of Jean-Louise Matinier and the nyckelharpa of Marco Ambrosini!
We love the use of the former instrument – which Matinier plays with these
open, evocative tones that remind us of our favorite work by Daniel Mille – but
we're especially struck by the latter instrument – a many-stringed viola-like
instrument, which has varied tunings, and is played with a bow. The ebb and
flow of Ambrosini's music works beautifully with Matinier – and its slight
string edges create this feeling of the ancient at moments, and a vibe that
links some of the ECM early music projects with its modern ones. Titles include
"Presto", "Szybko", "Taiga", "Qui Est
Homo", "Osku", "Hommage", and "Basse Dance".
~ Dusty Groove
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