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Queen Mab Trio: See Saw

By AAJ Italy Staff
February 12, 2008
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Come spesso accade, i talenti della musica radicale creano corto circuiti tra jazz, improvvisazione e contemporanea non allineata.

Lo fa in See Saw il Queen Mab Trio, organico tutto al femminile con pianoforte, clarinetti e viola.

Un’architettura sonora aperta a tutto, dove il materiale scritto è fondale tematico fragile, messo sotto attacco da divagazioni, improvvisi sussulti, con gli strumenti che spesso forzano la loro natura alla ricerca di sonorità eterodosse.

Due canadesi (Freedman e Lerner) incontrano l’olandese Henneman, la cui viola porta la giusta densità timbrica e talvolta una dolce ferocia improvvisativa nelle trame rodate di clarinetti e piano.

Ci sono riferimenti alla scena avant di Amsterdam, alle avanguardie storiche, alla musica da camera più seriosa.

A conti fatti, comunque, esecuzioni di alto livello e un CD di notevole riuscita.

Track Listing

01. See Saw (Marilyn Lerner) - 4:56; 02. Shift (Lori Freedman) - 5:35; 03. Galina U (Ig Henneman) - 8:40; 04. June 2th (Freedman) - 4:57; 05. Chorale (Lerner) - 4:52; 06. Lori F (Henneman) - 4:14; 07. Three Strikes (Lerner) - 9:09; 08. Marilyn L (Henneman) - 4:41; 09. Exchange (Freedman-Henneman-Lerner) - 4:19

Personnel

Marilyn Lerner

piano

Marilyn Lerner (pianoforte), Lori Freedman (clarinetto, clarinetto basso), Ig Henneman (viola)

Album information

Title: See Saw | Year Released: 2008 | Record Label: Music Network

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