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Saxophonist Michael Blake makes raw and playful yet elegant music. He has no allegiance to "jazz" per se, although there are pronounced elements of Ellington and Mingus on some of these tracks. Blake's home is clearly the avant-garde, but he freely borrows from rock, Afro-beat, and sounds from the American heartland (the rural scenery on the cover is fitting). Tony Scherr's dry electric guitar is one of the central sonic elements, as is the interplay between Blake and his fellow saxophonists Briggan Krauss and Peck Allmond. Frank Kimbrough plays Rhodes -- a rarity -- on the opening title track, and Marcus Rojas' tuba seems to emulate a turntable on the rambunctious "Teo Walks," a track on which slide trumpeter Steven Bernstein also appears. The core band is graced by several of Blake's fellow composers in residence from the Jazz Composers Collective: Kimbrough, trumpeter Ron Horton, bassist Ben Allison. Matt Wilson is in the drum chair, with Mauro Refosco on percussion. Blake turns in some sumptuously old-school tenor playing on "Lady Red," and Horton solos beautifully on Coleman Hawkins' "Maria," the sole non-original. While Blake's restless genre-hopping gives the record an almost circus-like feel, superb musicianship keeps the effort grounded.
© David R. Adler /TiVo
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Michael Blake, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2013 intuition (P) 2013 intuition
Michael Blake, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2013 intuition (P) 2013 intuition
Michael Blake, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2013 intuition (P) 2013 intuition
Michael Blake, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2013 intuition (P) 2013 intuition
Michael Blake, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2013 intuition (P) 2013 intuition
Michael Blake, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2013 intuition (P) 2013 intuition
Michael Blake, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2013 intuition (P) 2013 intuition
Michael Blake, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2013 intuition (P) 2013 intuition
Coleman Hawkins, Composer - Michael Blake, MainArtist
(C) 2013 intuition (P) 2013 intuition
Michael Blake, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2013 intuition (P) 2013 intuition
Album review
Saxophonist Michael Blake makes raw and playful yet elegant music. He has no allegiance to "jazz" per se, although there are pronounced elements of Ellington and Mingus on some of these tracks. Blake's home is clearly the avant-garde, but he freely borrows from rock, Afro-beat, and sounds from the American heartland (the rural scenery on the cover is fitting). Tony Scherr's dry electric guitar is one of the central sonic elements, as is the interplay between Blake and his fellow saxophonists Briggan Krauss and Peck Allmond. Frank Kimbrough plays Rhodes -- a rarity -- on the opening title track, and Marcus Rojas' tuba seems to emulate a turntable on the rambunctious "Teo Walks," a track on which slide trumpeter Steven Bernstein also appears. The core band is graced by several of Blake's fellow composers in residence from the Jazz Composers Collective: Kimbrough, trumpeter Ron Horton, bassist Ben Allison. Matt Wilson is in the drum chair, with Mauro Refosco on percussion. Blake turns in some sumptuously old-school tenor playing on "Lady Red," and Horton solos beautifully on Coleman Hawkins' "Maria," the sole non-original. While Blake's restless genre-hopping gives the record an almost circus-like feel, superb musicianship keeps the effort grounded.
© David R. Adler /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:13
- Main artists: Michael Blake
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: intuition
- Genre: Jazz
(C) 2013 intuition (P) 2013 intuition
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