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Joel Futterman: Innervoice
ByAs we hear in these three tracks, even though he left bebop behind, remnants remain in his music. Fragments of Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk float into the mix, as do George Gershwin and Frédéric François Chopin. Is Futterman a Cecil Taylor epigone? A less discerning listener might make that connection, but it would be in error. Futterman is, well, Futterman. Yes, he can play a roiling piano as he does here, but he also works in a more painterly fashion. He draws from the aforementioned bebop and chamber sound, plus applies a blues feel, some stride piano and even some meditative passages. With the catalog of sounds and styles Futterman has stored in his brain's library, he draws upon the history of jazz; maybe, better said, his history of jazz, from 1950 until today.
Track Listing
Innervoice Part I; Innervoice Part II; Innervoice Part III.
Personnel
Joel Futterman
pianoAlbum information
Title: Innervoice | Year Released: 2024 | Record Label: NoBusiness Records
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