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 RuthJoel Frahm with Brad Mehldau
Don't Explain
CURT RAMM, DAN MORETTI, BILL CUNLIFFE
Foundations
SEAN SULLIVAN
Hereafter
DYLAN TAYLOR
Sweeter For The Struggle
DAVID WIATROLIK
Dave and the Gin Mill Gypsies
JALEEL SHAW
Optimism
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