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 RuthMAUREEN CHOI QUARTET
Maureen Choi Quartet
MICROSCOPIC SEPTET
Friday the 13th The Micros Play Monk
BILLIE HOLIDAY
Remixed & Reimagined
STEVE SWALLOW with ROBERT CREELY
So There
POSITIVE CATASTROPHE
Garabatos Volume One
Michael Morreale
Love And Influence
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