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 RuthLou Caputo Not So Big Band
Uh Oh!
THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND
THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND
McCOY TYNER
Quartet
Johanna Sillanpaa
From This Side
CHARLIE HUNTER AND BOBBY PREVITE/GROUNDTRUTHER
ALTITUDES
HIROMI
Voice
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