CD Conference Call Poetry In Motion

Conference Call [Ullmann / Stevens / Fonda] - Poetry In Motion

wytwórnia: Clean Feed, 2008

nośnik: CD, format: CD, ilość nośników: 1

kartonowy ecopack

nr kat.: CF118

czas: 52:22

jazz/yass/impro

https://youtu.be/2evPT82QcuU

1. The Shining Star (Gebhard Ullmann)

2. Poetry in Motion (Michael Jefry Stevens)

3. The Path (Joe Fonda)

4. Next Step (Joe Fonda)

5. Back To School (George Schuller)

6. Quirky Waltz (Michael Jefry Stevens)

7. Desert... Bleue... East (Gebhard Ullmann)

If the axis of this band - now commemorating its 10th year - is defined by two of its most complicit collaborators, pianist Michael Jefry Stevens and bassist Joe Fonda, co-founders of the Fonda/Stevens Group, then the involvement of woodwind player Gebhard Ullmann and drummer George Schuller reinforces the universal idea of group interdependence. However, there's still enough room for each to add their own unique concepts to an ever-evolving and most rewarding project. And what a project it is, in some ways tied to the late Sixties sound of the BYG free jazz records, while in other ways teetering on the edge of the vast unknown personified, for instance, by the recent developments of the Wayne Shorter Quartet. With original compositions offered by all four members and special attention paid to timbre and harmonic integration, there's a certain bold affirmation about the music in "Poetry in Motion"

revealing a relaxed sense of purpose and musical fortitude. All four are active in both mainstream and avant-fields and all have notable CVs: Stevens's toe-dipping classical constructions, Fonda's open

inventiveness (of course, stemming from his Anthony Braxton tutelage), Ullmann's extended reed skills and Schuller's knit-work craftsmanship - all combining to create music that swings outwardly, while at the same time, allows the listener to follow its inner abstractions. The liner notes of the CD speak of the joy, mystery and wonder felt by the performers during the recording sessions (their first studio recording

in eight years), and we can surely recognize that essence. It's a measure of true artistic accomplishment when music so demanding can touch an emotional thread, proving that even a street full of concrete

and glass can turn green and lush. Poetry in motion, indeed.

Prosimy o wybranie sposobu zapłaty i wysyłki - dopiero wtedy zamówiona płyta zostanie zarezerwowana (niektóre rarytasy mamy w niewielkich ilościach lub nawet jedną, ostatnią sztukę i bez wybrania sposobu zapłaty/wysyłki płyta będzie nadal dostępna i może zostać zamówiona przez innego chętnego).