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Rempis - Johnston - Ochs: Spectral
By Track review of "The Drop"The final and lengthiest piece "The Drop," is exercised with bizarre contrasts via Johnston's popping notes and the saxophonists' flickering choruses, spanning creaky and buzzing lines amid breaks in the action. They also generate a little upper-register mayhem, underscored with swirling cadenzas and some role playing type mechanisms. Then add the highly charged interplay, rounded out with dips, spikes and a microtonal bridge, complemented with fractured overtones and bluesy statements. It's one of those jubilant improvisational fests where the listener can sit back and enjoy the musicians' collaborative sparks of ingenuity. Hence, a mission most assuredly accomplished, and then some...
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Dave Rempis
saxophoneDave Rempis: alto saxophone; Darren Johnston: trumpet; Larry Ochs: tenor saxophone and sopranino saxophone.
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Title: Spectral | Year Released: 2014 | Record Label: Aerophonic Records
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