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Book of Three: Continuum (2012)

Item: Continuum (2012)
Rating: 7
Author: AAJ Italy Staff

By AAJ Italy Staff
October 17, 2013
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Partiamo da "Aware of Vacuity," il lungo brano di Jim Hobbs - sassofonista nella Fully Celebrated Orchestra e nel sestetto di Taylor Ho Bynum - che potrebbe portare la firma di Jim Pepper o Don Cherry o di un qualche compositore di origine balcanica. La melodia semplice semplice, quasi una ninna nanna ipnotica viene prima aggirata e poi blandita, per poi trasformarsi in stimolante fonte di ispirazione. Soluzioni mai scontate, imprevedibili strategie timbriche, aprono nuovi orizzonti alla composizione senza mai spezzare definitivamente i legami originari.

È questo l'approccio che i tre superbi improvvisatori utilizzano in Continuum (2012) - album che bissa il debutto omonimo su Rogue Art - lavoro costruito attorno a pochi elementi di base, spesso solo frammenti o poco più che ipotesi di suono e di ritmo. E quando viene meno la presenza forte di una melodia - la citata "Aware of Vacuity" - o di una struttura - la boppistica "Jamila" - l'inventiva, la padronanza strumentale messa la servizio della creatività prendono il sopravvento e consentono alla musica di decollare.

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Track Listing

01. Comin' On (B.Bradford); 02. Aware of Vacuity (J.Hobbs); 03. Henry (G.Cleaver); 04. Open City (Book of Three); 05. Jamila (S.Washington); 06. Journal Square Complications (Book of Three); 07. Precoda/Henry (reprise) (Book of Three/Cleaver).

Personnel

Taylor Ho Bynum

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Taylor Ho Bynum (cornetta); John Hebert (contrabbasso); Gerald Cleaver (batteria).

Album information

Title: Continuum (2012) | Year Released: 2013 | Record Label: Disc Wizards

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