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MACROSCOPIA This CD features some of the most distinctive personalities in the contemporary New York scene including the legendary Daniel Carter (sax, trumpet) who has been a leading light in the avant-garde since the early 70s and has featured on well over 100 recordings. Claire DeBrunner is an accomplished bassoonist with a classical as well as jazz training, and is one of very few musicians to play the bassoon in improvisational music. Ken Silverman plays guitar and hand percussion, and bassist Tom Zlabinger is an everpresent in the free jazz worlds of New York and Vienna. (Detailed bios: click 'artist profile' above). On this album the quartet aim to create a freely improvised chamber-music-like sound without drums, allowing for total rhythmic flexibility and sonic complexity. Although the music can become intense its general tendency is towards the delicate, subtle and intimate. A warm sound for warm evenings. |
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| playing time: 52.09 direct sale price: $12.99 audio sample: To Move Like a Shadow (extract) |
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| “Overflowing with ideas, this music is often dream-like with consistently tight interaction between all four members, sometimes simmering way below the boiling level” – Bruce Lee Gallanter (Downtown Music Gallery) | |||
| "WOW - Nice CD" - Eric RIcks (WNUR Chicago) | |||
“Silverman's unconventional guitar playing and Zlabinger's often hypnotic bass playing are really good. The way [DeBrunner.] uses her bassoon is highly unusual yet at the same time a kind of revelation. The album is rewarding for its openness, subtlety and adventurous lyricism.” – Free Jazz-Stef |
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“Exploring the sound of sound as well as the texture of sound, this is head music for the open eared.” – Chris Spector (MidWest Record) |
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