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Anders Svanoe: 747 Queen Of The Skies: State Of The Baritone Vol. 3
ByThe request "Please Fasten Your Seatbelts" opens the disc, and like a takeoff, you might imagine Betty Davis' line (from the film All About Eve) "fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride." The sextet blasts off with a delicious piece of free jazz that escapes the atmosphere. Aloft, the music takes on a 1970s theme (the heyday of the 747) with the power-rock title track capped off with double drum solos. The music here is anything but predicable and Svanoe writes memorable melodies, like the hard swinging bebop composition "Bird Strike" which would fit easily on a Pepper Adams recording. Svanoe's heated solo gives way to the the coolness of Doherty's trumpet. Elsewhere the saxophonist goes toe-to-toe with Conroy on the brief meditative piece "Spiral Staircase Glamour;" and extends the reflection on "Altimeter High," which could easily be confused with the music of Don Cherry. Then there's the cartoon theme/Albert Ayler march "Walk On The SAS" which mines madcap for relevance. The closing track "Subsonic" features the bassists' bowed and plucked sounds that give way to luscious harmonies. Svanoe's richly verdant horn opens the composition to images of blue skies blue.
Track Listing
Please Fasten Your Seatbelts; 747 (Queen Of The Skies); Bird Strike; Spiral Staircase Glamour; Jet Lag Blues; Altimeter High; Tenerife Mourning; Walk On The SAS; Subsonic.
Personnel
Anders Svanoe
saxophoneAnders Svanoe: baritone saxophone; Jim Doherty: trumpet; Henry Boehm: bass; Brad Townsend: bass; Michael Brenneis: drums; Rodrigo Villanueva Conroy: drums.
Album information
Title: 747 Queen Of The Skies: State Of The Baritone Vol. 3 | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Irabbagast Records
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