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 RuthBill Frisell
Unspeakable
T-Bird And The Breaks
Harmonizum
Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer
Music for Two
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Too Damn Hot!
JACK DEJONETTE AND BILL FRISELL
The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers
GIA NOTTE
Shades
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