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
Shirley Horn
Live At The 4 Queens
NOAH BAERMAN, WAYNE ESCOFFERY, AMANDA MONACO, VINNIE SPERRAZZA, HENRY LUGO
Playdate
VARIOUS ARTISTS
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CURTIS STIGERS
Lost in Dreams
THE IAN CAREY QUINTET +1
Roads & Codes
NATE NAJAR TRIO
I’m All Smiles
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