Waxwing - Jon Bentley, Tony Wilson, Peggy Lee: A Bowl of Sixty Taxidermists

Avant Jazz / Free Improvisation / Avant-Garde
premiera polska: 2016-07-01
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: Canada
opakowanie: kartonowe etui
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Editor's info:
Waxwing (formerly Wilson/Lee/Bentley) unites three of Vancouver’s premier jazz musicians in a program of original compositions and improvisations that combine delicacy and strength, melodic beauty and textural sophistication. This is chamber jazz that moves between highly structured and freer playing but is always strong on form and direct emotional appeal, whether driving or more contemplative. The musicians often swap roles within pieces, exploiting the full range of expression for this unusual combination of instruments (electric guitar, cello, tenor/soprano sax).
Most of the pieces here are quite concise, some almost miniatures, others using overdubbing to create a denser, more “orchestral” sound. When asked to characterize their music, which seems to touch on many traditions and genres, from modern jazz to the new thing and free improv, classical chamber music, even singer/songwriter and pop music, Peggy Lee demurs: “I'm not super interested in placing this group in relation to particular movements in music. I feel that we all have many influences but what happens through the writing and the working together feels very organic and honest.”
Their first CD, Escondido Dreams (Drip Audio, 2007) appeared shortly after the group formed. Peggy Lee, classically trained and one of Canada’s most admired free improvisers (and incidentally a member of Wayne Horvitz’s new septet project, also released on Songlines this month), was the impetus behind the group coming together. Tony Wilson, who has long been recognized for his adventurous and original approach to the guitar (he names Sonny Greenwich, Grant Green and Bill Frisell as major influences, plus Ayler and 60s free jazz, Bartok, Britten, Messiaen), was part of the Peggy Lee Band when it was formed in 1998 and for several years after. But, as Peggy explains, “I hadn't played with Tony in quite a while and was missing that a lot. I was also interested in collaborating with Jon as he had been very supportive of some of the projects that I was involved in and I had a good feeling about what we could do as a trio. The small group thing was intentional as both Tony and I were leading larger groups and I felt that it would be a good challenge in terms of the writing and the playing, to pare things down. From the start it was meant to be fully collaborative, no leader.” (Wilson and Bentley are both members of the current Peggy Lee Band.)

muzycy:
Tony Wilson: electric guitar
Peggy Lee: cello
Jon Bentley: tenor, soprano & c-melody saxophones

utwory:
1. A Bowl Of Sixty Taxidermists
2. For Ross
3. Ponderosa
4. For Claude
5. Snow Blind
6. Interlude #1
7. Dune
8. Reigning Cats And Dogs
9. Clementine
10. Thicket
11. A Line Through
12. Cinder
13. The Owl Of Crowston
14. Gone


wydano: 2016-04
more info: www.songlines.com