A New Kind of Dance
| A New Kind of Dance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by Mike Reed | ||||
|
Publication |
||||
| Label (s) | 482 Music | |||
|
Format (s) |
CD |
|||
|
Title (number) |
10 |
|||
|
running time |
50:05 |
|||
| occupation |
|
|||
|
Michael Lintner, Mike Reed |
||||
|
Studio (s) |
Shape Shop and Strobe Recording Studios, Chicago |
|||
|
||||
A New Kind of Dance is a jazz album by Mike Reed . The recordings, which were made around 2015 in the Shape Shop and Strobe Recording Studios, Chicago, were released on September 9, 2015 on 482 Music .
background
On A New Kind of Dance , the sixth album by Mike Reed's longstanding quartet People, Places & Things , the drummer plays again with alto saxophonist Greg Ward and tenor saxophonist Tim Haldeman . In addition, the bassist Jason Roebke , Marquis Hill (trumpet) and Matthew Shipp (piano) came as guest musicians. While the quartet was originally conceived as a homage to an overlooked era in the rich history of Chicago jazz - namely to the soulful hardbop , such as John Jenkins , Wilbur Campbell , Wilbur Ware , John Neely and Frank Strozier in the mid to late 1950s Years - the combo has since developed an ever-growing repertoire.
Track list
- Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: A New Kind of Dance (482 Music 482-1092)
- A New Kind of Dance 4:55
- Markovsko Horo 3:16
- Candyland 6:49
- Kwela for Taylor 5:47
- Reesie's Waltz 6:41
- Jackie's Tune 5:21
- Wonderland 5:36
- Star Crossed Lovers ( Duke Ellington , Billy Strayhorn ) 2:29
- Fear Not of Man (Mos Def) 5:14
- AKA Reib Letsma 3:59
Unless otherwise noted, the compositions are by Mike Reed.
reception
According to Hrayr Attarian, who awarded the album four stars in All About Jazz , Reed and his band explore "various motifs with unrestrained spontaneity and anchor their imaginative flights of imagination with earthy, hypnotic beats ." Matthew Shipp showed sublime piano playing in "Fear No. Man ”, with an imaginative and angular performance full of crystalline tones and a contemplative note. Haldeman channeled his inner Albert Ayler with a rebellious and honking monologue about the energetic "Candyland". This original Reed composition wavers between free flowing and passionate dissonance to harsh boasting, with the band leader's thundering polyrhythms driving the music. This cohesive and captivating recording documents another stage in Reed's creative development, the author sums up. “With each episode, his skills as a consummate musician refine and mature. A New Kind of Dance provokes and inspires mind and soul at the same time. "
Also in All About Jazz , Glenn Astarita wrote that Reed was a catalyst as a drummer. "And the band's optimistic demeanor increases on this occasion amid piquant solo spots and exciting dialogues." However, the musicians are offered a lot of maneuverability with these largely lively works, says the author, with sizzling unison lines, hearty ventures in the free zone and soaring bop metric. But Reed's multidimensional compositional views integrate far more than effective solo escapades.
According to Lee Rice Epstein, who reviewed the album on the Feee Jazz Blog , the core line-up, the piano-less quartet with Greg Ward, Tim Haldeman and Jason Roebke, most closely resemble Ornette Coleman's quartet with Dewey Redman . Reed gives Ornette Coleman his reference in the liner notes , but in the author's opinion "it is the spirit of Von Freeman that guides this recording, especially when it comes to Haldeman's classically warm tone". In terms of musical style, People, Places & Things are in the tradition of Chicago's unique brand for bluesy post bop . Reed's approach draws on and moves away from the past, giving the group an updated, post-modern sound.
Michael J. West mentions in JazzTimes that, according to Mike Reed, A New Kind of Dance should "inspire or allude to dance." That makes the groove primarily; the album's opening track burst in with a style that stems directly from the rhythm and blues of the late 1960s. The trumpeter Marquis Hill shows his warmth on three pieces and in the New Orleans jazz-like polyphony of “Kwela for Taylor” and one brings slightly raw lyrics to the slow rhythm of Billy Strayhorn's “ Star Crossed Lovers ”. Joy radiates from the music on the album, but it covers several moods within that joy, according to the author.
Web links
- Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: A New Kind of Dance at Bandcamp
- Listing of the album on Allmusic (English). Accessed January 1, 2020.
- Information about the album at 482 Music
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: A New Kind of Dance at Discogs
- ↑ Hrayr Attarian: Mike Reed's People, Places and Things: A New Kind of Dance. All About Jazz, November 9, 2015, accessed June 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Glenn Astarita: Mike Reed's People, Places and Things: A New Kind of Dance. All About Jazz, January 25, 2016, accessed May 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Lee Rice Epstein: Mike Reed's People, Places and Things: A New Kind of Dance. Free Jazz Blog, November 11, 2015, accessed May 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Michael J. West: Mike Reed's People, Places and Things: A New Kind of Dance. JazzTimes, January 22, 2015, accessed May 25, 2020 .