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Steve Lehman: Demian as Posthuman
E lo fa con grande efficacia e senso della misura. Nei dodici brani, alcuni proposti in versione multipla, due suonati in solitudine con l’ausilio dell’elettronica e della tecnica della sovraincisione, sette in compagnia del batterista Tyshawn Sorey e tre in quartetto, mette in mostra il suo talento di compositore, di abile creatore di suggestivi quadri sonori e di sassofonista dalla voce originale.
In composizioni come “Damage Mobility“ ed “Emphonic“, si ritrovano echi degli esperimenti elettronici che negli anni ’70 Anthony Braxton condusse con Richard Teitelbaum, nelle quattro versioni di “Cognition“, Lehamn dimostra di essere un profondo conoscitore della estetica M-base di Steve Coleman, mentre in “Logic - Tyshawn“ è ancora il Braxton versione solista il riferimento più scontato. Ma i trentasette minuti scarsi di Demian as Posthuman sono soprattutto un riuscito concentrato delle idee musicali di Lehman, in una miscela di riferimenti disparati, rielaborati con grande intelligenza e al servizio di un pensiero musicale assai personale.
Track Listing
Vapors; Demian; Damage Mobility (acoustic); Damage Mobility; CognitionCurtis Duncan; CognitionDrew Hill; LogicMeshell; LogicTyshawn; CognitionErnest Givens; CognitionHaywood Jeffires; Emphonic; Community.
Personnel
Steve Lehman
saxophone, altoSteve Lehman: alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone; sequencing; Vijay Iyer: piano; Eric McPherson: drums; Meshell Ndegeocello: electric bass; Tyshawn Sorey: drums; Jahi Lake: turntable, electronics.
Album information
Title: Demian as Posthuman | Year Released: 2006 | Record Label: Pi Recordings
About Steve Lehman
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