2010-09-13
For this release, Claudia Quintet leader/composer, John Hollenbeck, began by collecting song titles. He then wrote music inspired by these words and phrases with no thought as to their meaning, thus removing any context from them. The result is almost free jazz; but this is actually melodic and often quiet. The most interesting songs here are "Keramag" and "Armitage Shanks", which are both mid-tempo with tight arrangements. Rebecca Ruth
HENRY BUTLER, STEVE BERNSTEIN AND THE HOT 9
VIPER'S DRAG
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Pisces Crisis
NIA QUINTET
End of Time
SHAWN LEE'S PING PONG ORCHESTRA
Reel To Reel
Robert Johnson Trio
Music Is Business
JAMES BOOKER
CLASSIFIED REMIXED AND EXPANDED
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