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The October Trio + Brad Turner: Looks Like It’s Going to Snow

AAJ Italy Staff By AAJ Italy Staff

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«Moods and Colours of a Vancouver Autumn». Sì, potrebbe essere questa frase, scritta tra le note di copertina da Greg Buium, a fotografare l'attitudine dell'October Trio. Potrebbe, appunto. Perché se da una parte il suono di Looks Like It's Going to Snow rispecchia i colori tenui di uno scenario nordico, limpido e malinconico, dall'altra mette in mostra una nutrita varietà di situazioni che fanno venir in mente tonalità più accese, vive.

A cominciare dai brevi segmenti free-form in scaletta, al gusto vagamente poppettaro dell'ottima "Springs," e anche dalla snellezza di brani come "Found". Momenti ai quali si congiungono alcune atmosfere più buie, introverse, come quelle descritte nelle title-track, e le diramazioni della "Progress Suite," autentico momento clou dell'intero lavoro.

I tre giovani canadesi non sono soli, e si sente. Brad Turner, il trombettista che nel 2006 produsse il loro Day In, li accompagna in maniera costante, con una presenza di spessore. I suoi interventi sono il valore aggiunto dell'intero lavoro (ascoltate, ad esempio, il lirismo di "Give"), dal momento che il solo tenorista Evan Arntzen, pur meritevole, non sarebbe riuscito a imprimere un così alto grado di espressività.

Looks Like It's Going to Snow è un disco godibile, che sa stimolare la curiosità dell'ascoltatore grazie a idee originali e freschissime: d'altra parte l'autunno, in Canada, è davvero freddo.


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Track Listing

1. You’re Trying Too Hard (6.06); 2. Found (5.58); 3. Springs (6.06); 4. Flip (0.49); 5. Give (Sydney Carton) (8.16); 6. Stutter Step (1.42); 7. Looks Like It’s Going to Snow (8.03); 8. Bird Colony (3.06) 9. The Progress Suite (16.37); 10. Wait (3.51).

Personnel

Brad Turner
trumpet
Evan Arntzen
saxophone

Josh Cole: bass.

Album information

Title: Looks Like It’s Going to Snow | Year Released: 2009 | Record Label: Songlines Recordings


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