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The Westerlies: Wish the Children Would Come on Home

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Due trombe, due tromboni quattro fiati che soffiano le note della musica di Wayne Horvitz, presente con le sue tastiere in qualche brano, ma in maniera discreta, in punta di piedi, ad assicurare un contatto fisico con la sua musica da dietro le quinte, per non disturbare e lasciare massima libertà ai giovani interpreti. È questo lo scenario di Wish the Children Would Come on Home, disco relativamente breve -non raggiunge i cinquanta minuti -per essere omaggio alla musica di un artista prolifico come Horvitz.

Scelta decisamente indovinata perché costringe all'essenzialità, alla ricerca dell'idea prima delle composizioni, evitando enfasi e lungaggini, tant'è che molte esecuzioni non superano i due minuti di durata. Musica non scritta appositamente per quartetto di fiati e quindi ulteriore sfida per questi ex allievi del musicista di New York, che se la cavano più che egregiamente.

Curando i minimi dettagli, costruendo geometrie plausibili, valorizzando suono e dinamiche, attraversando le differenti ambientazioni di questi paesaggi sonori -si va dal blues al folk, dal jazz alla contemporanea, dalla classica all'Americana -con grande disinvoltura e controllo esecutivo The Westerlies realizzano un album convincente e calibrato.



Track Listing

Please Keep That Train Away from My Door; 9/8; Sweeter Than the Day; Interlude 1; Triads; The Band with Muddy; You Were Just Here; Interlude 2; The Circus Prospered; Home; Waltz from Woman of Tokyo; Interlude 3, Love, Love, Love; Barber Shop; The Store, The Campfire; Wish the Children Would Come on Home.

Personnel

The Westerlies
band / ensemble / orchestra

Riley Mulherkar: tromba; Zubin Hensler: tromba; Andy Clausen: trombone; Willem De Koch: trombone; Wayne Horvitz: tastiere, elettronica.

Album information

Title: Wish the Children Would Come on Home | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: Songlines Recordings


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