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Phil Haynes- Herb Robertson 5tet: Brooklyn-Berlin
By“Inner-lude” revolves almost completely around oblique horn mutterings, chattering split tones and splintered, near silent percussion. The relationships and forms become ambiguous and refracted to a fault until an audible anatomy begins to emerge toward the end. Golia gets the ball rolling on the title track with a flurried solo on what sounds like soprano clarinet. Haynes and Filiano join on a rising rhythmic crest and the piece subsides with a final coda from Robertson. Filiano opens the pastoral “Intending Heart,” a quiet reverie of gradual phrasings and porous interaction. On this piece Haynes showcases a very aerated approach dealing in light accents and muted textures that meshes beautifully with the bassist’s restrained chording. “Chompin’ at the Bit” masticates off the chewy center of Haynes’ ride cymbal and a fluctuating line by Filiano and the horns seem inspired by the fluid rhythmic underpinning capitalizing on the freedom to volley phrases back and forth. Rothenberg’s svelte clarinet pokes at the gaps before the horns converge in a striated cacophony tied loosely to the drummer’s shimmering cymbals. Golia follows with a corkscrew ascent on soprano clarinet prior to Haynes cadential close on snare. The first half of “Waltz for Gerry” is almost completely consumed by the garrulous clarinets, which range through a wide gamut of extended techniques from multiphonics to dissonance-laced circular breathing. Robertson eventually enters reshaping the mood into one of sorrow mixed with tempered resolve and the disc dissolves from whence it came.
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Track Listing
Kiss Principal/ Inner-lude/ Brooklyn-Berlin/ Intending Heart/ Chompin
Personnel
Phillip Haynes
drumsPhil Haynes- drums; Herb Robertson- cornet, trumpet; Ned Rothenberg- bass clarinet, clarinet; Vinny Golia- clarinet, Eb soprano, Eb alto & bass clarinets; Ken Filiano- bass. Recorded: February 28 & 29, 2000, Rossie NY.
Album information
Title: Brooklyn-Berlin | Year Released: 2001 | Record Label: CIMP Records