Taylor Ho Bynum & Spider Monkey Strings: Other Stories (Three Suites)

Avant Jazz / Free Improvisation / Avant-Garde
premiera polska: 2011-01-05
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
opis:
JazzAbout.pl; 2011-01:
"Taylor Ho Bynum to jazzowy intelektualista. Wychowany w szkole Anthony'ego Braxtona (od blisko dziesięciu lat jest jego asystentem i najbliższym współpracownikiem w ramach autorskich projektów muzyka), potrafi cenić i łączyć zarówno jazzową tradycję jak i współczesną muzykę komponowaną. Nie inaczej było również na debiutanckiej płycie projektu Spider Monkey Strings, wydanej w 2005 roku. Sam Ho Bynum przyznaje się do inspiracji Ellingtonem i próbami pogodzenia jego muzycznych doświadczeń z kompozytorskimi ideami Ives i Braxtona. Gdy dodać do tego kreatywność wykonujących ją muzyków - a są wśród nich naprawdę wybitni improwizatorzy (Luther Gray, Jason Kao Hwang, Jessica Pavone, Okkyung Lee) otrzymujemy obraz muzyki trudnej i nieprzystępnej, hermetycznej. Jest jednak jeszcze jeden czynnik, który zupełnie odmienia muzykę zespołu - jest nim mianowicie poczucie humoru lidera i jego partnerów. To właśnie dzięki podejściu do niektórych partii z lekkim przymrużeniem oka, muzyka ta miast hermetycznej - jest przystępna. I wielu słuchaczy potrafi ucieszyć. Polecam."
autor: Józef Paprocki

Editor's info:
Other Stories [Three Suites] is the debut CD from trumpeter/composer Taylor Ho Bynum's SpiderMonkey Strings. Named after two mythic tricksters, Anansi the Spider of West Africa and the Monkey King of China, this all-star ensemble brings a genre-defying spirit and sense of humor to its eclectic extended suites.
"With SpiderMonkey Strings, I am blessed to work with many of the finest musicians and improvisers on the East Coast," Bynum writes. "In 2002, I received a commission for the recording of a film score ("The First Three Lives of Stuart Hornsley," directed by Leigh Dana Jackson) for string quartet. I was so excited by the personalities and musicianship of that string quartet, that I combined it with the guitar, tuba, and drums I had been performing with to to create a working band, and my focus for composing and bandleading. Along with composing in the Ellington tradition of writing with specific musicians in mind, I have also been particularly influenced by the concepts of Charles Ives and Anthony Braxton for musically independent sub-ensembles coexisting in one sonic space. The instrumentation gives me a wealth of different compositional possibilities."
Bynum has been called "a cutting edge trumpet phenom" (Boston Phoenix), "a creative force" (Boston Globe), "a distinct voice that never succumbs to simple paths" (Cadence) and "a marvelous cornetist with an outwardly directed post-bop sensibility (AllAboutJazz.com). The Village Voice's Francis Davis adds, 'Bynum is one of the savviest trumpeters to come along in recent years, a growling sound-and-space man in the tradition of Lester Bowie.' In addition to sideman work with legends including Braxton and Cecil Taylor, he has appeared on more than 30 recordings and performs regularly with the Fully Celebrated Orchestra, the Jason Kao Hwang Quartet, the Matana Roberts Quartet, Ghanaian master drummer Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng's band and the avant-salsa group, Zemog el Gallo Bueno. He has also recently toured Europe and North America with Braxton's Sextet, Twelvetet, and Trio, with more performances coming this fall. Along with SpiderMonkey Strings, Bynum leads his own sextet and has an ongoing duo collaboration with dancer/choreographer Rachel Bernsen.

"I have had different projects called SpiderMonkey for many years. I have a fascination with trickster myths and trickster mythology and so SpiderMonkey, of course, being named after the two great trickster spirits: Anansi the Spider and the Monkey King, from Africa and Asia respectively. For me, the trickster embodies a lot of the attributes that are necessary to be a creative artist, a sense of humor, a sense of reverence, a type of spirituality, a willingness to play in the ambiguous areas. It is not all black and white. It is not all good and evil. It is the unknown and we should celebrate that. So I have always had this fixation with that and so often, when I have a project of unusual instrumentation, I named it SpiderMonkey... It is a totally different place to be, an incredible challenge for me because there are certain things that I know how to do when I am in front of a bass player and drummer that I just can't do in this context. It is a whole different way for me to blend as a cornet. I don't want it to be me with strings. I want it to be a band that has a sound that has strings and a cornet in an organic way, as opposed to a featured soloist with a string quartet behind them. It's a great challenge to figure out how to write for that, how to be a part of that, how to play in that." -Taylor Ho Bynum

muzycy:
Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet
Jason Kao Hwang - violin
Jessica Pavone - violin & viola
Stephanie Griffin - viola
Tomas Ulrich - cello
Pete Fitzpatrick - guitar
Joseph Daley - tuba
Luther Gray - drums
Jay Hoggard - vibraphone
Jean Cook - violin
Okkyung Lee - cello

utwory:
The Suites:

Supo Eno
1. Part One
2. Part Two
3. Part Three
4. Part Four

The First Three Lives of Stuart Hornsley
5. Stuart's Theme
6. Small Mistakes
7. Together

SpiderMonkey Stories
8. Dakinis' Dance
9. Chuck
10. Meditation

more info: www.482music.com