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| Kaleidoscope |
| Gest8 |
| első megjelenés éve: 2007 |
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| (2008)
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| 4.246 Ft
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| 1. | Satsuki Odamura/Sandy Evans: Mosaic
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| 2. | Sandy Evans: A Shower of Sunbeams
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| 3. | Sandy Evans: Winter Flight
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| 4. | Sandy Evans: Inner Space
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| 5. | Tony Gorman: The Emperor's Old Clothes
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| 6. | Tony Gorman: Whistling at Dinner
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| 7. | Tony Gorman: Kaleidoscope
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| 8. | Tony Gorman: Lambent
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| 9. | Phil Slater/Greg White: Platform
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| 10. | Tony Gorman: Suddenly Susan
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| 11. | Sandy Evans: School's Out
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| 12. | Sandy Evans: The March of Captain Vanstone
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| 13. | Dewhurst/Barker/Elphick/Slater: Nothing Like
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Jazz
Tony Gorman * composer, bandleader
Sandy Evans * saxophonist, composer, bandleader
Simon Barker * drums
Paul Cutlan * saxophones, clarinet
Carl Dewhurst * guitarist/composer
Steve Elphick * bass
Satsuki Odamura * koto
Phil Slater * trumpet
Greg White * computer
GEST8 is the brainchild of Sandy Evans and Tony Gorman, and continues their exploration of new sounds in improvisation and jazz. Kaleidoscope is the band's debut CD.
GEST8 is extraordinary for its instrumentation (which includes koto and electronics) and for the undeniable virtuosity of each player. These talents contribute equally to bring some marvellous original compositions to life in a distinctively Australian manner - an unusual blend of ancient and modern sounds. The medieval meets the avant-garde through this band's creative processes, stimulating musicianship and camaraderie. This is one of the most interesting and unusual jazz performances you are likely to hear for some time.
Impossibly, this band is greater than the sum of its parts.
This talent-loaded CD pursues a highly contemporary direction, using Satsuki Odamura's Japanese koto - a flat bed stringed instrument - computer guru Greg White's electronica, plus six of Australia's top jazz performers headed by saxophonist Sandy Evans. The result is a diverse collection of compositions by Evans and producer Tony Gorman. Effective use is made of instrumental and structural variety from the Asian/electronic blend of abstractions on koto-led tracks like Mosaic or Inner Space to the fusing of koto into imaginative jazz themes in School's Out and A Shower of Sunbeams. A jaunty humour is apparent in The Emperor's Old Clothes and Kaleidoscope, while full reign goes to computer generation in Platform. There are ample opportunities for solos from Evans, Paul Cutlan's especially adept clarinet and bass clarinet, Carl Dewhurst's sympathetic guitar, and Phil Slater's valuable trumpet, notably on Lambent. One of the most successful fusions of contemporary Australian jazz with Asian and electronic influences yet to appear.
---John McBeath, The Australian December 2007 |
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