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PRISM Quartet: Heritage/Evolution, Volume 1
Il trait d'union è il filo della respirazione circolare, per una ricca cavalcata dove le svolte melodiche improvvise si sposano a meraviglia sia con spostamenti ritmici che con le sontuose sovrapposizioni timbriche in tutti i registri dello strumento. Con "The Missing Piece" l'album continua affrontando la polifonia classica europea, tutta rivissuta con una irregolare punteggiatura di metri e sequenze strutturali.
I due esempi sopra citati sono l'emblema di una rara capacità di rivitalizzare i riferimenti culturali omaggiati, contaminandoli con un cambio di prospettiva ed invenzioni di stampo squisitamente jazzistico. Tutti i brani proposti toccano alte vette espressive proiettando questo magnifico gruppo tra le eccellenze assolute della musica contemporanea internazionale. Le composizioni proposte colpiscono pure per la solenne bellezza dei temi e la tensione espressiva del collettivo.
Track Listing
(Disc 1) I Will Not Apologize For My Tone Tonight; The Missing Piece; X Marks the Square; Name Day. (Disc 2) 15 Places at the Same Time (1-5): Line/Texture; Gesture/Rhythm; Solo; Radical Alignment; Afterlife; Covenant of Voices; Trajectory; Dear Lord.
Personnel
PRISM Quartet
band / ensemble / orchestraTimothy McAllister: soprano saxophone; Taimur Sullivan: baritone saxophone; Zachary Shemon: alto saxophone; Matthew Levy: tenor saxophone; Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone; (Disc 1: 1) Miguel Zenón: alto saxophone (Disc 1: 2, 3, 4); Tim Ries: (Disc 1: 3, 4); Steve Lehman, alto saxophone (Disc 2: 1-5); Dave Liebman: soprano saxophone (Disc 2: 6-8); Greg Osby: alto saxophone (Disc 2: 6-8).
Album information
Title: Heritage/Evolution, Volume 1 | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: Innova Recordings
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