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
3 COHENS
Braid
VARIOUS ARTISTS
"The War" A Ken Burns Film - The Soundtrack
THE CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET
Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy - Cornell 1964
Dr. Ed Calle
Mamblue
BILL FRISELL
All We Are Saying...
THE CHEEBACABRA
Exile in the Woods
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