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
The New Orleans Social Club
Sing Me Back Home
Noah Haidu
Infinite Distances
Lenny Marcus Trio & Friends
Moving Forth
Bill Charlap Trio
Somewhere: The Music of Leonard Bernstein
BLUE NEBULA
Relative Dimensions
BEAT KAESTLI
Happy, Sad and Satisfied.
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