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 RuthJOHN CLAYTON
PARLOR SERIES
PAUL RENZ QUINTET
Rebop
VARIOUS
Rumble In the Great Lakes (Best of the Detroit Jazz Fest 2007)
BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA
SONGS FROM LONELY AVENUE
STEW CUTLER
After Hours
TOM GAVORNIK
A Long Time Ago...
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