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Long Way Out

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Paul Zaborac

Label: Self Released
Released: 2021
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Tracks

Dissolution; Where to Now; Passing By; Far Away; Long Way Out

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Album Description

Long Way Out is a series of impressions inspired by a journey into the uncertain, a reflection on the thoughts and experiences of a traveler as they undertake a long passage through unknown places. The all original compositions blend and juxtapose elements of post-bop, free improvisation, and modal jazz with a sparse and minimal aesthetic to capture the feeling of loneliness and isolation, of uncertainty, that can often accompany traveling into the unknown. “Dissolution” looks to capture the disorientation, the falling apart, the dissolving of what was that starts the journey. The melody is played as a non-metered loose ensemble unison over the brushwork of Grimm. This evolves into introspective and freely improvised solos. “Where to Now” represents the process of finding a path forward through uncharted territory. The tune uses a sparse mixed meter groove and bass line that moves the tune forward but elides a sense of directness or certainty. “Passing By” is a reflection on the transitory nature of travel, of momentary meetings and places. The ballad features non-functional harmony and a 10 bar structure to create circularity and non-resolution within the form and harmony of the composition. “Far Away” is a free solo saxophone improvisation looking back at the distance traveled from what was, what used to be. “Long Way Out,” the title track of the album, represents a slow, yet doggedly persistent, moving towards the new, of making it through and out. The melody is played freely over a bass ostinato pattern which gives way to the open modal solo section and swing groove.

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