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| The Crux - Selected Solo Wind Works (1989-1992) [ ÉLŐ ] |
| Ned Rothenberg |
első megjelenés éve: 1992
58 perc |
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| (1996)
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CD |
| 4.391 Ft
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| 1. | Intimations
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| 2. | The Crux
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| 3. | Epistrophical Notions (To Thelonius Monk)
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| 4. | Do Omoi (To Katsuya Yokoyama)
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| 5. | In the Thick
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| 6. | Maceo (To Maceo Parker)
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| 7. | Sokaku Reibo (The Cranes in Their Nests) (To Goro Yamaguchi)
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Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz
Recorded live in 1991/92 direct to 2-track digital with no overdubbing
Seven pieces for alto saxophone, bass clarinet, and shakuhachi.
This CD is a reassertion of Ned Rothenberg's solo work as a primary expression of his creative voice. "Absorbing music". WIRE.
If only this were a double or triple or quadruple CD. If only this were the complete works for New Winds. Crux is an appetizer, a signpost in the life America's most intimate composer and improviser. From his New Winds projects to his involvement in the group Semantics to his solo concerts, these works are the result of a career-long fascination with the solo concert, the solo as a means of discovering the depth and breadth of your creativity and putting it out there for others to hear. Rothenberg's playing, particularly on the alto saxophone, has been deeply influenced by his nearly two-decade-long study of the Japanese shakuhachi flute and its attendant form of meditation music "Honkyoku." From his early recordings where his saxophone pieces were filled with fluttering, galloping skeins of notes come a more spare -- though certainly not underactive -- approach to exploring tonality and timbre. Works such as "Sokaku Reibo" reflect the open, methodical mannerisms of the shakuhachi, as it pursues its own limited scale and makes it rich in tonal and vibrational variation. Rothenberg has taken these attributes and combined them with the circular breathing technique and adapted them for alto with stunning results. His shakuhachi piece, "Do Omoi," is a reflective work from the meditative tradition, but includes Western accents and scalar considerations in a slow cascade of arpeggios that are more about duration and space than dynamics or structural architecture. Also showcased here are the dedication pieces based on stylistic influences. There is the title track and "Epistrophical Notions," both mirroring the different sides of Thelonious Monk's music as it reaches out from jazz and meets Rothenberg's idiomatic compositional concerns and touches Monk's "Round Midnight" and "Epistrophy" for confirmation of the balance -- he passes the tests. There is also a work reflecting the deep funk of James Brown. Though it isn't a funk piece, it creates a revolving door repetition around a pair of figures and time signatures that are formulaic figures for Brown and his horn section. The piece, "Maceo," is dedicated to the saxophonist himself, the primary architect of the sound of the Fabulous Flames. In all, Rothenberg offers a startling array of his compositional motifs and his tendency to allow, even in the most rigid of his works, the place for improvisation for them to be current and new each time they're performed -- if only by the composer himself. This is easily one of Rothenberg's most important works; if only there were more. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Ned Rothenberg
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Sep 15, 1956 in Boston, MA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Modern Creative, World Fusion, Free Jazz, Free Funk, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Multi-reedist Ned Rothenberg composes and performs on saxophones, flutes -- including shakuhachi -- and bass clarinet. Active as a solo artist and avant-garde jazz performer since (at least) the '70s, Rothenberg performed in Anthony Braxton's Creative Orchestra Music ensemble. He moved to N.Y.C. in 1978, and went on to lead Power Lines (New World) and Double Band (on the Moers label). Rothenberg is a founding member of New Winds, with flutist Robert Dick and trumpeter Herb Robertson. He performs in Sync, a group with Jerome Harris, on Intuition and has collaborated with such acclaimed creative musicians as John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, Samm Bennett, and Fred Frith. Rothenberg has spent much time in Japan, including a six-month residency during which he studied with shakuhachi masters Goro Yamaguchi and Katsuya Yokoyama, and performed his own music. He also traveled to the former Soviet Union three times from the late '80s through the mid-'90s, performing not only solo, but in a duo with Sainkho Namchylak. Rothenberg has also toured North and South America, Europe, and Asia, totalling hundreds of concerts worldwide at venues and festivals including Finland's Tampere (1992), Quebec's FIMAV (1997), and Michigan's Edgefest (1998). Rothenberg didn't slow down as the 21st century dawned, releasing several albums, including Ghost Stories and Port of Entry in 2000, Tools of the Trade in 2001, Intervals in 2002, Fell Clutch in 2006, and Inner Diaspora in 2007.
---Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide |
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