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| More Questions Than Answers |
| Jim Baker |
| első megjelenés éve: 2005 |
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| (2005)
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| 5.825 Ft
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| 1. | Watching the Interstate
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| 2. | Tolled Deadpan
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| 3. | Tocsin du Jour
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| 4. | Happenedstance
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| 5. | Post-Industrial Societies and Their Precursors
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| 6. | Infinity Trap Blues
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| 7. | Is It Still Mime If They're Deaf?
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| 8. | Mourning Doves
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| 9. | Grey Comedy
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| 10. | Hobbesian's Choice
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| 11. | More Questions Than Answers
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| 12. | Airstrip Vespers
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| 13. | Through the Woods, Over the River
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Jazz / Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
David Forte Design
Eric Butkus Mastering
Jim Baker Synthesizer, Piano
Raymond Salvatore Harmon Producer
Robert G. Koester Production Supervisor, Audio Production
Todd A. Carter Engineer, Audio Engineer, Mixing
Solo debut by Chicago pianist/synthesist Jim Baker, previously recorded in settings ranging from duets to Ken Vandermark's Territory Bands; from third-stream projects (with Guillermo Gregorio) to rock groups (with Janet Bean & the Concertina Wire). Having previously collaborated with reedists (Fred Anderson, Kyle Bruckmann, Nicole Mitchell, Dave Rempis, Scott Rosenberg, Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams) and with various trios (with bassists Harrison Bankhead, Josh Abrams, Kent Kessler, Brian Sandstrom; cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm; percussionists Steve Hunt, Avreeyal Ra, Michael Zerang), Baker approached the seemingly paradoxical task of recording an album of freely-improvised solo pieces--on both piano and analogue synthesizer--which would have a "somewhat or somehow tuneful" character. Includes liner notes by Jim Baker.
Pianist Jim Baker has been heard with other Chicago avant-gardists in a variety of adventurous bands. This is his first set of unaccompanied solos and it consists of 13 totally free improvisations, ten on acoustic piano and three on synthesizer. Although one admires Baker's willingness to take chances, much of this music is rather dull. Baker's technique is excellent but many of the performances sound like introductions waiting for a theme to show up. The three synthesizer workouts are little more than sound explorations while the piano pieces start and end at random spots and seem a bit pointless. Rather than being waves of sound à la Cecil Taylor, or thoughtful meanderings like Paul Bley, Baker's improvisations never seem to go anywhere beyond setting a mood, with the titles being more colorful than the music. Although a worthy effort and not totally without interest, it is overall a bit of a disappointment. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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