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ICP Orchestra: Oh, My Dog
The ICP’s latest disc, Oh, My Dog recorded in June of this past year, follows the most excellent 1999 Jubilee Varia. But where that recording was organized as two suites, this Dog hunts here, there, and everywhere. Bennink, as he has done so often with his Clusone trio, leaps from brass bands to Latin influences mixing Kurt Weill with the Modern Jazz Quartet. This band plays a Sousa-like march on “A Close Encounter with Charles’s Country Band,” only to be followed with a buttoned-down chamber piece, “A la Russe.” The genius of the ICP is presenting cartoon music without the animation. Tristan Honsinger’s “Oh me Deer!” plays like the score from a post-apocalypse West Side Story with and urban pulse and a nod to American theatre circa 1958. The band frowns on the seriousness of music, opting to set their instruments aside to whistle or bark out the title track. Their dog sounds accompany the Albert Ayler-like march, quickly deconstructs into the vocalist calling for his dog, Kafka, who runs to chase a deer. Either look deeper for meaning, or just enjoy the ride.
Track Listing: Write down Exactly; A Close Encounter with Charles
Personnel: Misha Mengelberg
Title: Oh, My Dog | Year Released: 2002 | Record Label: ICP
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