Scott DuBois: Autumn Wind

Modern Jazz / Indie Jazz
premiera polska: 2017-10-22
opakowanie: Digipackowe etui
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longplayrecenzje.blox.pl:
(. . .) Swą muzyką gitarzysta opowiada o zmianach zachodzących w przyrodzie jesienią, ukazując rozmaite jej barwy: od zmieniających się barw liści, aż do pierwszych przymrozków. Partie gitary oprawione są wykwintnymi dźwiękami saksofonu tenorowego i klarnetu basowego Gebharda Ullmanna, muzyka potrafiącego wytworzyć zarówno ciepły kojący klimat, jak i nadać swej grze agresywny, niepokorny przekaz. Sekcja rytmiczna wielokrotnie wykazuje tendencję ku wyjściu z ram głównego nurtu, kierując się w stronę luźniejszych form. Nic dziwnego, wszak Thomas Morgan i Kresten Osgood to muzycy z powodzeniem realizujący się również w projektach free i awangardowych. Połączenie osobowości i preferencji muzycznych każdego z czwórki muzyków skutkuje doskonałą harmonią kwartetu tworzonego już od 10 lat.

"Autumn Wind" to płyta wyjątkowo ujmująca. Prowokująca wyobraźnię i skłaniająca do kontemplacji. Liczę na to, że Scott DuBois po albumach dedykowanych zimie i jesieni, podejmie się równie pięknego skomentowania pozostałych pór roku (. . .)
autor: Robert Ratajczak

Editor's Info:
My vision for this album came as I drank coffee in a German train station. I was returning to New York after touring with my quartet. My idea: To use three quartets to create a conversation between the world of contemporary classical composition and that of modern jazz composition and improvisation. Autumn would be my theme.

Carrying out my plan, I first composed twelve pieces for my quartet and recorded them in Copenhagen. Each piece begins with a different note, generating a twelve-tone row I used in various parts of the compositions. Later, in New York, building on the fluid performances and improvisations in those recordings, I composed, conducted and recorded pieces for classical string and woodwind quartets to be superimposed on the jazz performances.

The first piece is for solo guitar. Each subsequent piece adds one instrument, culminating in a finale (for twelve musicians) in which the twelve-tone row structures the entire composition. Among other compositional techniques I employed were aleatoricism, minimalism and serialized rhythms, pitches and dynamics. Always I focused on the beautiful melody and harmony suggested to me by autumn’s permutations.

This musical journey begins with the shifting light of early autumn and continues with a tranquil stroll at dusk. The season’s tiniest composers appear after dark.

The mystery of the animal kingdom’s autumn journey coincides with the season’s changing leaves. Birds call and fly in grand formation through sunlight, clouds, rain and blustery winds.

The autumn wind carries sounds from near and far. Moonbeams penetrate the deep forest. Sunrise reveals farm fields covered with snow. Chimney smoke rises against the blue sky in bright sunlight. With night, stars sparkle and flare. The aurora borealis paints the sky.

The journey ends in quiet reflection.

All About Jazz - ocena * * * * 1/2
(. . .) "Mid-September Changing Lights" serves as a leaping off point and a wonderful introduction to DuBois' guitar chiaroscuro techniques, as he plays light against dark all by his lonesome. Then his friends start to file in—Morgan on the tranquil "Late September Dusk Walk," Ullmann (with his bass clarinet) on the hypnotic "Early October Insect Songs," and Osgood on the tempestuous "Mid-October Migration." By the time the strings enter the picture, the sound is in full bloom. The vivid colors depicted on "Late October Changing Leaves" are given form through lively (inter)play and wild bass clarinet antics, the chatter and charm of "Early November Bird Formations" is positively frenetic, "Autumn Wind" invites space to play a major role and offers pizzicato rustling of the leaves, and "Mid-November Moonlit Forest" plays a gorgeously grave string quartet against Osgood's propulsive drumming before inviting the full weight of eight into view (. . .)
By DAN BILAWSKY

muzycy:
Scott DuBois: guitar
Gebhard Ullman: tenor saxophone
bass clarinet
Thomas Morgan: bass
Kresten Osgood: drums

Eva Leon: violin I
Conway Kuo: violin II
William Frampton: viola
Sarah Rommel: cello
Erin Lesser: flute
BJ Karpen: oboe
Elisabeth Stimpert: clarinet
Michael Harley: bassoon

utwory:
1. Mid-September Changing Light
2. Late September Dusk Walk
3. Early October Insect Songs
4. Mid-October Migration
5. Late October Changing Leaves
6. Early November Bird Formations
7. Autumn Wind
8. Mid-November Moonlit Forest
9. Late November Farm Fields
10. Early December Blue Sky And Chimney Smoke
11. Mid-December Night Sky
12. Autumn Aurora Borealis
13. Mid-November Moonlit Forest String Quartet Reprise

wydano: 03 November 2017
more info: www.actmusic.com
more info2: www.scottdubois.com