Dave Burrell Full-Blown Trio "Expansion", Boxhead Ensemble "The Last Place to Go"

DAVE BURRELL FULL-BLOWN TRIO - EXPANSION

Year: 2004

1.Hit [4:10]8.1 Mb

2.Hit [8:13]17 Mb

3.Hit [7:42]13.6 Mb

4.Hit [6:52]13.2 Mb

5.Hit [5:39]10.7 Mb

6.Hit [4:38]8.7 Mb

7.Hit [3:14]6 Mb

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Dave Burrell Full-Blown Trio "Expansion" Album Review

It's about the music
An arresting program of music where cliche and lick appear completely absent. My own exposure to Mr Burrell's music was in the 1960's and some of his performances still ring in memory. Like Thelonious Sphere Monk, or Mr Paul Bley, technique is wholly in the service of the music and with Mr Burrell we can sense the mind and heart of the man being expressed through his touch where his touch seems never to be on automatic - every moment of music is a purposeful act. This is not to say the music is stilted, or self conscious - the opposite is true. It is very easy on the ear, mind and heart - in fact it seems to open up the heart and mind. With masters Mr William Parker on Acoustic Bass and on (IN THE BALANCE) Kota, and Mr Andrew Cyrille on percussion, this is beautiful and rewarding CD of music.

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BOXHEAD ENSEMBLE - THE LAST PLACE TO GO

Year: 1998

1.The Last Place to Go CD1 (mix) [59:45]85.7 Mb

2.Black Dissimulation [4:13]5.8 Mb

3.Solo [3:17]4.7 Mb

4.Send in the Clowns [3:12]4.4 Mb

5.Who [3:56]5.6 Mb

6.Big Sky [6:38]9.8 Mb

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Boxhead Ensemble "The Last Place to Go" Album Review

austere and beautiful...
the music on this CD are snippets of a live, improvised soundtrack to the movie "Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back." the original soundtrack for the movie consisted of improvised sketches done by a collective of chicago musicians. because the movie received an amount of critical praise in europe, the film-makers decided to do a screening/performance tour of europe, where each night a group of musicians would improvise the score while the movie was playing. some of the musicians that participated on the tour were Edith Frost, Charles Kim, Michael Krassner, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Julie Pomerleau, Will Oldham, Ken Vandermark, and Mick Turner and Jim White (both from The Dirty Three).<p>the music on this CD complements the movie perfectly. the movie is a slow, lyrical, black and white documentary about one of the last frontiers in the world today, the tiny industrial fishing community of Dutch Harbor, on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian chain. like the movie, and it's original soundtrack, the music here drifts out of the environment, melodies drifting and surfacing like waves out of the sea, only to recede back into the atmosphere. the interplay between the various combinations of musicians is absolutely incredible, and though different musicians are improvising on each track, the whole is united by the theme and emotional substance of the movie itself, such that this music sounds amazingly cohesive. at the same time, even though there are hints of influences from the players' personalities and other projects, this music stands apart from anything else i've heard. in short, the music captures the mood of the movie, from the stark lonliness and isolation, to the heartbreaking remorse and nostalgia for days gone by. this music is incredibly moving and touching, and highly reccomended

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