Anthony Braxton/Matt Bauder
2 + 2 Compositions
Street date: May 24th, 2005
482 Music 482-1034
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Anthony Braxton, F saxophone and Eb clarinet; Matt Bauder, tenor saxophone and clarinet; Zach Wallace, double bass; Aaron Siegel, percussion
The multi-reedist/composer might very well be jazz's last bona fide genius," reads the All Music Guide's entry for Anthony Braxton. The best of his work is on a level with any art music of the late 20th century, jazz or classical." Fellow multi-reedist/composer, and former Braxton student, Matt Bauder has been an active member of the Berlin, Chicago and New York scenes where he performed and recorded with a long list of today's most prominent improvisers. His 2003 debut, Weary Already of the Way (482-1025), was a Top 10 of 2004 pick in Coda and led Cadence reviewer Michael Rosenstein to call him a talent to keep an eye on."
2 + 2 Compositions unites the prolific Braxton with the members of the longstanding improv trio Memorize the Sky, as they perform two innovative graphic score-based pieces from each co-leader. Bauder's works are based on various classes of sound and the inspiration of Braxton and John Cage respectively, and Braxton's pieces come from his new Falling River Musics series, which in his words, seeks to explore image logic construct 'paintings' as the score's extract music notation."
Natto Quartet
Thousand Oaks
Street Date: May 24th, 2005
482 Music 482-1036
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Philip Gelb, shakuhachi; Shoko Hikage, koto; Tim Perkis, electronics; Chris Brown, piano
Critics called Natto Quartet's April 2003 debut, Headlands (482-1018), exotic, equisitely crafted, and eye opening" (Signal to Noise) and music for our time" (AllAboutJazz.com), with The Wire's Bill Shoemaker noting, each sound has the self-contained integrity of a stroke of masterful calligraphy." The sound is so arresting and unique," mused WEMU Music Librarian/Cadence Senior Columnist Michael G. Nastos, that the open-minded listener cannot help but be completely drawn into their weave of sonic wonder. It's a truly new music unlike anything I've ever heard, a strong candidate for best avant project of 2003, and sure to turn many a global-thinking, progressive-minded ear inside out." The San Francisco Bay-area ensemble's second live recording, Thousand Oaks (482-1036), further documents its singular approach to finding common ground for collective improvisation with instruments from otherwise disparate eras, cultures and musical genres.
Coming Soon: Greg Burk Trio with Steve Swallow and Bob Moses :: Nothing, Knowing (482-1037)
Aram Shelton :: Arrive (482-1035)
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