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Charlotte Greve / Vinnie Sperrazza / Chris Tordini: The Choir Invisible
ByWhen the subject of an alto sax, bass and drums band is mentioned, Ornette Coleman always comes to mind. A flexible music untethered by a chordal instrument. But The Choir Invisible is more melodic, less angular, more elastic in approach, and the three players share an equality of input in the creations of the sounds.
Songwriting duties are shared. Greve claims the first three slots: the uplifting, insistently mysterious "Chant," the beautiful, brief, searching "These Materials," giving way to "Low," with its ominous bass/drums dirge. "1.7," from Tordini's pen, has a less-than-planet-Earth gravitational pull, with Greve's mesmeric alto sax riffing, while drummer Sperrazza's "Change You Name" drifts in a dreamlike atmosphere.
Tordini's "e(" opens with a deliberate bass solo that gathers momentum before Greve blows in with a catchy melody. Greve's "Daily Task" is presented as a slightly fractured, stop-and-start story, and the set's title tune is one of the more pensiveand perhaps the prettiestfour minutes of the album, a time-stands-still reverie that serves as the perfect closer for The Choir Invisible's debut.
Track Listing
Chant; These Materials; Low; 1.7; Change Your Name; Zuppio; e(; Daily Task; The Choir Invisible.
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Title: The Choir Invisible | Year Released: 2020 | Record Label: Intakt Records
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Instrument: Saxophone, alto
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