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Nicole Glover: Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Se si eccettuano l'esplicito omaggio a Charlie Parker con un serrato "Bird Feathers" e l'intima ballad "Tell Him I Said Hello," i brani hanno un andamento esplorativo, in un continuo gioco di relazioni tra le improvvisazioni spesso ieratiche del sax tenore e il tumultuoso tessuto ritmico-percussivo dei partner. La Glover si esprime con lunghi e ispirati assoli, mettendo in luce il suo timbro corposo e suadente, formatosi sullo stile di Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Gene Ammons e altri maestri del jazz moderno.
Due degli undici temi sono della Glover ed uno di Tyrone Allen II mentre gli altri privilegiano autori contemporanei come il pianista Lex Corten, il trombettista Davy Lazar o il grande bassista d'avanguardia Jaribu Shahid. In un percorso sempre avvincente, spiccano l'austero e astratto camerismo di "II for Richard Davis + Henry Grimes," il serrato e rollinsiano "March," il lento e monumentale "Obsidian" in cui rivive la fervida tensione del post free. L'interplay con i due partner è empatico: il drumming interattivo di Gordon è esemplare mentre il bassista Tyrone Allen II emerge anche con intensi interventi personali.
Album della settimana.
Track Listing
Obsidian; No. 2; Petrichor; Resilience; Spy; Androgeny; Broken; II for Richard Davis + Henry Grimes; March; Bird Feathers; Tell Him I Said Hello.
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Title: Memories, Dreams, Reflections | Year Released: 2025 | Record Label: Savant Records
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