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Phil Haynes: 4 Horns & What? – The Complete American Recordings
Nessuna scontatezza, nessuna banalità, nulla che possa far pensare anche minimamente a qualcosa di studiato a tavolino (nel senso di manierato, accademico) e invece una musica sempre diretta, ficcante, a tratti cameristica, se vogliamo più sotto il profilo squisitamente timbrico che per le dinamiche, sempre vivide, palpabili, avvincenti, lambendo il free e pieni di opulenza quasi orchestrale, i soliloqui e un interloquire sempre magistrale, attentissimo, creativamente vivacissimo.
La quadratura del cerchio, insomma, a rendere questa integrale assolutamente imperdibile. Ed entrare ulteriormente nelle intercapedini dell'opera, al di là della sua sostanziale inutilità, non farebbe che diminuire il piacere della scoperta continua che questo autentico monumento sonoro sa offrirci. Buon ascolto dopo poca lettura, quindi.
Album della settimana.
Track Listing
CD 1:
A'lil Iowa Get-Down; El-Smoke; Ballad For Heike; Point Period; Atmospheres; Corner Store Strut; Alone; Blues for Israel.
CD 2:
Holler 4 Horns; Out of the Bowels; Sweep; Goofus' Step; Some Sick Slick; Where Now; Adrienne's Jazzmarchrag; Phantoms; Eclipse.
CD 3:
Don Byron intro; Holler4Horns; A Little Iowa Get-Down; Phil Speaks 1; Goofus' Step; Saeta; Phil Speaks 2; West Virginian Blues; Waltz for Gerry (Last Dance); Phil Speaks 3; Eclipse.
Personnel
Phillip Haynes
drumsPaul Smoker
trumpetHerb Robertson
trumpetAndy Laster
saxophone, baritoneEllery Eskelin
saxophone, tenorJohn Tchicai
saxophoneJoe Daley
tubaAdditional Instrumentation
Herb Robertson: multi-brass; Andy Laster: alto sax, clarinet, flute; John Tchicai: tenor sax; Joe Daley: low brass.
Album information
Title: 4 Horns & What? – The Complete American Recordings | Year Released: 2024 | Record Label: Corner Store Jazz
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