Clean on the corner
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CD |
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45:24 |
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Electrical Audio Strobe Recording Studios Chicago |
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Clean on the Corner is a jazz album by Mike Reed . The recordings, made in September or October 2010 at the Electrical Audio Strobe Recording Studios , Chicago, were released on 482 Music in 2012 .
background
Mike Reed's People, Places & Things ensemble was founded in 2008 to commemorate the lesser-known "people, places and things" who have historically supported Chicago's progressive jazz scene. With Clean on the Corner the band continues their interpretations of lesser known cover versions and swinging original compositions; it was her fourth recording session for 482 Music. In terms of cast, the album follows the drummer's quartet on About Us from 2009; Mike Reed played with the longstanding line-up of Greg Ward (alto saxophone), Tim Haldeman (tenor saxophone), Jason Roebke (double bass) and guest musicians Craig Taborn (piano in "Sharon" and "The Ephemeral Words of Ruth") and Josh Berman (cornet in "House of Three Smiles" and "Wrming Down").
Reed wrote six of the eight tracks on the album; In addition, there are two foreign compositions, Roscoe Mitchell's "Old" (from the Art Ensemble album Old / Quartet from 1967) and John Jenkins ' "Sharon", with which he immersed himself again in Chicago's heritage, wrote Mark Corroto. The latter track was originally recorded on the 1957 album John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957, with Sonny Clark , Paul Chambers and Dannie Richmond ). Reed relied on a solo by his vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz for the composition “House of Three Smiles” .
Track list
- Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: Clean On The Corner (482 Music 482-1081)
- The Lady Has A Bomb
- Old (Mitchell)
- December?
- Where the story ends
- Sharon (Jenkins)
- House of Three Smiles ( Jason Adasiewicz / Mike Reed)
- The Ephemeral Words of Ruth
- Warming down
Unless otherwise stated, the compositions are by Mike Reed.
reception
Troy Collins, who rated the album 4½ (out of five) stars on All About Jazz , believes the album, while deviating from the prevailing concept that had defined their first three previous releases, continues to be skillful inside and outside of the Balancing traditions and drawing inspiration from previous history and current innovations. As with the quartet's previous efforts, guest contributions turned out to be highlights, says Collins. “Taborn's exuberant arpeggios highlight [...] 'Sharon', while his meticulous filigree playing underpins the expansive tonalities and elastic rhythms of 'The Ephemeral Words of Ruth'. Berman serves as the yin for Taborn's yang; his melodious brass musings on the lazy 'House of Three Smiles' and the contemplatively dense 'Warming Down' form a harmonious contrast to Taborn's weird extrapolations, in which urban expressionism is exchanged for straightforward lyricism. "
Also in All About Jazz , Mark Corroto wrote that even if the fourth edition of People, Place & Things deviates from his original approach of paying tribute to the Chicago jazz and improvisation scene between 1954 and 1960, Reed and his band did not part with this legacy ; Clean on the Corner “is brimming with the legacy of the broad sounds of Chicago and the inspiration of the AACM ( Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians ). For Reeds People, Places & Things, much more than a prologue since the past, ”Corroto sums up. "It is the bone marrow and the DNA that permeates all modern jazz musicians."
What sets the band apart most, said Peter Margasak in a Chicago Reader event ad , “is the high-ranking membership ... Saxophonists Greg Ward and Tim Haldeman both have a good command of past and present stylistic languages and can cheer each other on with phrases each other and improvise at the same time without ever getting in each other's way. Reed and bassist Jason Roebke embody Chicago's scratchy, no-frills blue-collar aesthetic in the best possible way and give the music a full-bodied boost and emotional lift. "
With his People, Places & Things, drummer Reed recorded and performed a fascinating musical experiment that breaks the jazz past through the sensitivity of the present, wrote critic Howard Reich. The recording is characteristically reminiscent of the bebop era, but is also bursting with experimental concepts on pitch, timbre and structure. A noticeable blues spirit permeates pieces like Reed's “Where the Story Ends” and “House of Three Smiles”. Other pieces like Reed's “The Lady Has a Bomb” and Roscoe Mitchell's “Old” would convey a melodic quality that one associates with the AACM.
Kevin Whitehead wrote on National Public Radio that Mike Reed's broad beat as a drummer and that his accents are “very Chicago, a little more casual than the New York pressure cooker swing. The Chicagoans have long struck a middle ground on the Third Coast, a little cooler than the east and hotter than the west. In the 1960s, New York free jazz was hectic; Chicago was quieter and more careful. ”Mike Reed's band project also honors this legacy, says Whitehead. Mike Reed's “December?” Reverses the usual roles between the frontline and the rhythm section , according to the author. Saxophones play in soft support while bass and drums float above. The members of People, Places and Things would not only preserve the Chicago tradition; they help to expand it, the author concludes.
Web links
- Listing of the album on Allmusic (English). Accessed January 1, 2020.
- Information about the album at 482 Music
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Troy Collins: Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: Clean on the Corner. All About Jazz, May 16, 2012, accessed May 25, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Mark Corroto: Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: Clean on the Corner. All About Jazz, May 8, 2012, accessed May 25, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Kevin Whitehead: Tracing The Evolution Of Lost Chicago Jazz. Mational Public Radio, June 5, 2012, accessed May 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: Clean on the Corner at Discogs
- ↑ Peter Margasak: Mike Reed's People, Places, & Things. In: Chicago Reader. May 6, 2012, accessed May 25, 2020 .
- ^ Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: Clean on the Corner. 482 Music, May 6, 2012, accessed June 9, 2020 .