Canada Day Octet
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Harris Eisenstadt |
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Paramus, New Jersey |
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Canada Day Octet is a jazz album by Harris Eisenstadt with his octet of the same name . The recordings, which were made on December 4, 2011 in Paramus, New Jersey, were released in July 2012 on 482 Music .
background
Just like John Hollenbeck leads his Claudia Quintet and Tomas Fujiwara leads the formation Hook Up , Harris Eisenstadt also formed his own main instrument for creating a modern means of jazz expression in the last five years before the album was released with the formation Canada Day , said S. Victor Aaron.
"Canada Day" is also the name he gave to a number of records recorded with this ensemble that received critical acclaim, starting with the self-titled CD in 2009, followed by Canada Day II in 2011. For one thing Project extended Eisenstadt Canada Day from quintet (with Eisenstadt, Nate Wooley on trumpet, Matt Bauder on tenor saxophone and Chris Dingman on vibraphone) to Canada Day Octet . This octet premiered in 2011 as part of the Destination Out New York concert series and played extended arrangements of melodies from the repertoire of Eisenstadt's regular band. The decision was made to record the project soon after. A second Canadian, Garth Stevenson , replaces Eivind Opsvik on acoustic bass. The octet expands the quintet to include trombonist Ray Anderson , tuba player Dan Peck and alto saxophonist Jason Mears .
Track list
- Harris Eisenstadt: Canada Day Octet (482 Music 482-1080)
- The Ombudsman 1
- The Ombudsman 2
- The Ombudsman 3
- The Ombudsman 4
- Ballad for 6/10/7
reception
According to John Sharpe, who awarded the album 4½ stars in All About Jazz , the drummer and composer Harris Eisenstadt has become one of the scene's most resourceful writers of music for larger ensembles. With the Canada Day Octet he ties in with productions for larger ensembles such as All Seeing Eye + Octets (Poo-bah, 2007) and “the wonderful album” Woodblock Prints (No Business, 2010). This time the difference is that at the center of his eight-person group are members of his regular Canada Day work group , who are familiar with both his materials and his methods, Sharpe said. The expanded line-up offers more scope for richer harmonies and additional counterpoint layers as well as an expansion of the tonal range upwards with Jason Mears' winding alto saxophone and Dan Peck's growling tuba, while the middle is condensed with Ray Anderson's exuberant trombone. “Eisenstadt's compositions, with their complex but informal use of different rhythmic means to delimit seductive melodic materials, did not serve as a vehicle for blowing, but as individual vignettes that cleverly expand the parameters of the sheet of music with dissonances and out-of-tempo extemporations . While none of the melodies here are as great as some of the Canadian's earlier endeavors (especially on woodblock prints ), they are nonetheless far more attractive and audible than the average workhorse in modern jazz. "
S. Victor Aaron wrote in Something Else !, Eisenstadt has now created a firmly established approach to modern jazz and did not hesitate on any of these albums. There are more bulky, thoughtful compositions that are arranged in such a way that they exploit the skills of everyone in the band. Maybe it's because of Eisenstadt's vibraphonist Dingman, but the music has some similarities to Dave Holland's quintet and sextet of the 1990s and 2000s, especially with Ray Anderson. Dingman, however, has the dynamics of Steve Nelson and Eisenstadt himself sometimes resembles Billy Kilson , the author wrote. “However, if it's a David Holland combo, it's a deliberately moving version. Eisenstadt likes it when his compositions unfold more slowly, which can be attributed to the fact that he worked through the finer details of the compositions with the band. " Canada Day Octet expand the familiar context of the quartet / quintet, wrote Aaron further. In fact, the four-part suite, "The Ombudsman," which spans almost the entire album, was written for the quintet and modified to accommodate the three additional players. The sound of the octet may be full-bodied, but it never sounds excessively heavy, and everyone has the freedom to express themselves, is Aaron's summary.
Web links
- Album information at 482 Music
- Listing of the album on Allmusic (English). Accessed January 1, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c S. Victor Aaron: Harris Eisenstadt - Canada Day III and Canada Day Octet (2012). Something Else !, July 6, 2015, accessed May 12, 2020 .
- ^ Harris Eisenstadt: Canada Day Octet at Discogs
- ^ John Sharpe: Harris Eisenstadt: Canada Day Octet. October 2, 2012, accessed May 12, 2020 .