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Casper Nyvang Rask's "Slow Evolution Ensemble": Slow Evolution Ensemble
ByOn the personal side, three of the six original compositions explore the intricacies of Rask's experience of the stroke suffered by his father. Indeed, the opener, "Chaffinch (Goodbye Forever)," with its dense an inexorable wash of unison reeds feels like the sound of the universe seeping into a stunned and grieving mind. The set's closer, "Slow Evolution in NO871" (room NO871 was Rask's father's hospital room after the brain damage hit) sounds like a loved one's internal symphony, experienced from a chair in a darkened room of a shrouded relative, surrounded by the electronic monitors of failing life systems. And the brief "Chaffinch (Goodbye)" is a second farewell, one that is ultimately less anguished that might be coming from a more accepting-of-the-situation perspective.
Where the three tributes to his father unfold in a slow and inevitable evolution, with great patience, outside of time, "Alan Silva, zum Bespiel" tips a hat to American free jazz bassist Alan Silva, with a sound the starts out in a stately manner, that soon devolves into a squabbling chaos that gels into a measured whimsy, while "Threeleggeddog" and "Marzahn" both showcase the ensemble's beautiful interplay in a multiple reeds celebration, soundscapes spiced with a dash of Rask's subtle and deft use of midikeys.
And give credit to Gotta Let It Out Records for presenting new talentin 2018 it was pianist Nikita Rafaelov with Spirit Of Gaia; in 2019 it's Casper Nyvang Rask's Slow Evolution Ensemble.
Track Listing
Chaffinch (Goodbye Forever); Alan Silva, zum Beispiel; Threeleggeddog; Marzahn; Chaffinch (Goodbye); Slow Evolution in NO871.
Personnel
Casper Nyvang Rask
bass, acousticFrancesco Bigoni: tenor saxophone, clarinets; Henrik Pultz Melbye: tenor saxophone, clarinets; Mads Egetoft: tenor saxophone; Laura Toxværd: alto saxophone (2, 3 & 4); Lars Greve: tenor saxophone, clarinet (6); Ole Mofjell: drums (6); Bjørn Heebøll: drums; Roberto Bordiga: double bass; Casper Nyvang Rask: double bass, all keys.
Album information
Title: Slow Evolution Ensemble | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Gotta Let It Out
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Instrument: Bass, acoustic
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