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Frank Kimbrough: Lullabluebye
ByAll songs, save for John Barry’s "You Only Live Twice" (from the James Bond movie of the same title), are composed by Kimbrough. This is music that is impressionistic. It is more impressionistic than Bill Evans because of the original compositions Kimbrough’s approach is one that is very free, not unlike Jimmy Giuffre’s approach in his ground breaking trios of the early 1960s. "Eventualities" very much displays this as Kimbrough allows bassist Ben Allison to determine the chords from a given set of notes. "Whirl" has been a set-closer for Kimbrough for several years. It is freely constructed with an idee fixe appearing in a recapitulated bridge.
This trio has been producing provocative music together and separately for the past five years. I always welcome a release from these artists as they are always of top drawer caliber and easily accessible, no matter how freely played.
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Track Listing
Lullabluebye; Centering; Kid Stuff; Ode; Whirl; Ghost Dance; You Only Live Twice; Fu Bu; Ben's tune; Eventualities.
Personnel
Frank Kimbrough
pianoFrank Kimbrough
Album information
Title: Lullabluebye | Year Released: 2004 | Record Label: Palmetto Records
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