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
Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble
Private Astronomy - A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke
CONRAD HERWIG
THE LATIN SIDE OF HERBIE HANCOCK
STEVE TURRE
Bones of Art
MARY RADEMACHER & RICK REUTHER
Two of a Kind
Tin Hat
The Sad Machinery of Spring
MATT RAY
Lost in New York
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