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Queen Mab Trio: Thin Air
La pronuncia prende comunque un'ampia varietà di accenti, si fa movimentata e talvolta marcatamente jazzistica: per esempio quando il clarinetto basso, in "Skirmishes and Sudden Thrusts" ed altrove, sfoggia un linguaggio "parlato", con toni bizzosi, che ricorda l'Eric Dolphy del famoso duo con Mingus in "What Love". Le melodie di Berlioz traspaiono qua e là, un po' stravolte ma evidenti, in particolare nel tumultuoso "Hersenspinsels", scritto dalla clarinettista, e nelle battute finali di "Spiders Fingers", dovuto alla pianista.
La parabola narrativa, avventurosa e allusiva, di impronta cameristica, rende il CD originale e interessante, ma probabilmente è dal vivo che la situazione diviene più coinvolgente, permettendo di cogliere appieno quel mix imprevedibile di ironia e rigore, di misura ed eccentricità che caratterizza questa musica.
Track Listing
1. Thin Air (Freedman-Henneman-Lerner) - 05:47; 2. Vehement (I. Henneman) - 04:06; 3. Drums and Trumpets (I. Henneman) - 06:15; 4. Hersenspinsels (L. Freedman) - 05:23; 5. Nab Mab (L. Freedman) - 01:21; 6. Fluette et légère (I. Henneman) - 05:58; 7. Skirmishes and Sudden Thrusts (I. Henneman) - 05:52; 8. Tumulte (M. Lerner) - 03:40; 9. Spiders Fingers (M. Lerner) - 04:14.
Personnel
Lori Freedman
clarinet, bassLori Freedman (clarinetto, clarinetto basso); Ig Henneman (viola); Marilyn Lerner (piano).
Album information
Title: Thin Air | Year Released: 2006 | Record Label: Music Network
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