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Sonora

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Label: Tidebloom Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 35:55
Views: 234

Tracks

Soliloquy For Cotten; Before Dawn; Reverie; Prairie; Sonora; Fireworm; Stardew; Kaaterskill; Opal; Forest's Repose; Zooxanthellae.

Personnel

Adam Cordero

saxophone, alto

Odin Scherer

guitar

Additional Personnel / Information

Adam Cordero - Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Bassoon, Composition (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10) . . Odin Scherer - Archtop Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Composition (1, 5, 6, 9, 11)

Album Description

Sonora explores the timbral possibilities of a woodwind and guitar duo, in which Adam plays bassoon, clarinet, alto saxophone, and soprano saxophone, and Odin rotates between archtop guitar and acoustic guitar. In creating Sonora, Adam and Odin focused on composed material supported by mindful improvisation; the intent of improvisation is to enhance the compositions, rather than overwhelm them. Following his work with jazz legend Henry Threadgill on his trailblazing multimedia project “The Other One,” Adam was inspired to bring the bassoon into an improvisational context. Sonora’s debut single, “Opal,” begins with an improvised musical dialogue between the bassoon and guitar, followed by a complex theme composed by Odin in the spirit of Threadgill. As a collection, Sonora reflects diverse influences, from the American folk tradition of Elizabeth Cotten and the contemporary classical pieces of Maurice Ravel, to the West African grooves of Ali Farka Toure. "Sonora" is exclusively available on Bandcamp.

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