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Chris Welcome: Beyond All Things
ByFor a free jazz octet to share in this manner, they must be first-class musicians and really good people. Welcome employs trumpeter Jaimie Branch, who the world discovered with the release of Fly Or Die (International Anthem, 2017), cornetist Kirk Knuffke (who has played with Allison Miller and Matt Wilson), saxophonists Anthony Ware and Sam Weinberg, trombonist Ben Gerstein, bassist Shayna Dulberger and drummer Mike Pride.
After the opening bell, the performance draws momentum and intensity through a focused delivery of probing and exploratory ideas. The music sounds as if each player is pooling resources and charging batteries for the eventual solos. Then they come: Branch scores from downtown before horns combine and Weinberg's trombone is exercised over a percussion display and spooky guitar effects. Everyone gets a turn to raise the pillars and posts of this building. But even when things get noisy, there is a coherence to the music, even as it gets weird.
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Personnel
Chris Welcome
guitar, celloJaimie Branch: trumpet; Kirk Knuffke: Bb cornet, Eb cornet; Anthony Ware: alto saxophone; Sam Weinberg: tenor saxophone; Ben Gerstein; trombone, percussion; Chris Welcome: guitar, percussion; Shayna Dulberger: bass; Mike Pride: drums, percussion.
Album information
Title: Beyond All Things | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Gauci Music
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Instrument: Guitar, cello
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