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The 3.5.7 Ensemble: Amongst the Smokestacks and Steeples
La musica ha costantemente un che di post-ornettiano (e ayleriano, invece, in "CDTW1"), è a trazione prevalentemente collettiva, fra scrittura e, ovviamente, improvvisazione, segmenti più prudenti e altri più sperimentali (per esempio "Whistle screams, a sigh, steam"). Emblematico, in tal senso, un brano come "Dance, sing, paint, write," che in meno di due minuti riesce ad alternare turgori free e oasi di tono quasi californiano (qualcosa di simile avviene più avanti anche nel più ampio "Shrouded in Clouds").
Alla fine, sommando tutto quanto accade nell'opera (cioè parecchio), i suoi voltapagina e i salti di umore, non si può peraltro che uscirne portandosi dietro l'impressione di una qualche dispersività, una sorta di ripetitività ciclica, a tratti lievemente scolastica, pur entro una proposta in possesso di una propria identità e i cui pregi superano senz'altro gli eventuali limiti.
Track Listing
CD 1: Dangurangu; Red Green and Blue; Ode to 2; CDTW1; Before Days
Light; Whistle screams, a sigh, steam; Insatiable Machine.
CD 2: Wandering; Dance, sing, paint, write; Hope; Stand Fast; Gravity,
resolve, persistence; Shrouded in Clouds; Garuda.
Personnel
James Davis: tromba; Richard Zili: clarinetto; Nick Anaya: sax (tenore); Tim Stine: chitarra; Jim Baker: pianoforte; Chris Dammann: contrabbasso; Dylan Andrews: batteria; Mabel Kwan: piano preparato in "Dangurangu".
Album information
Title: Amongst the Smokestacks and Steeples | Year Released: 2016 | Record Label: Milk Factory Productions
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