Conducting sessions
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CD |
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9 |
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51:20 |
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Fischermanns Orchestra, Swiss Radio DRS, Peter Bürli |
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Powerplay Studios Maur |
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Conducting Sessions is the second album by the Swiss jazz ensemble Fischermanns Orchestra , which was recorded on August 15 and 16, 2011 in the Powerplay Studio in Maur near Zurich . It is a production of the Swiss radio station DRS 2 and was released on June 15, 2012 on Unit Records .
background
Jan Trösch acted as musical director ( conducting ) the title Fuchsjagd und Balls . Samuel Blatter and Philipp Z'Rotz led Dialog ; all other tracks on the album were directed by Samuel Blatter. The individual tracks were composed for the 16 musicians using visual signals ( sound painting ). The conducting sessions were created alongside the recordings of the regular band repertoire. Originally intended as a by-product, the Conducting Sessions were published first; the repertoire and two conductings ( conveyor belt and Bermuda triangle ) were published on the follow-up album Wildfang 2013.
The documentary Ein Platz im Bus by Antonia Meile was released at the same time as the album .
Track list
- Fischermanns Orchestra: Conducting Sessions (Unit Records UTR 4367)
- Fox hunt 2:45
- Ads 3:40
- Dialog 7:23
- Animals 5:31
- Invasion 2:57
- Bella 6:18
- Horizons 6:23
- Assembly line 5:35
- Bermuda Triangle 5:48
review
According to the author of the blog Monsieur Délire, the album contains the music
- “Textural effects and festive melodies, with a strong rhythmic element. This music is not entertainment as it offers a fairly thorough research process into the (rather short) history of leading larger improvisational ensembles. "
The author of the Italian edition of All About Jazz wrote: “The Fischermanns Orchestra, active in Lucerne since 2007, marks at first glance an approach that, with its great staff, is definitely free in its expression, taking into account a very tangible architectural-structural design. All of this is particularly noticeable in the triptych of tracks that open the album; but it also evolves along other coordinates. ”For example, this takes place“ in the abandonment of opulence, abundance, the “pulling” (as they say) ”in titles like Animals , similar to Invasion , with the rest of an essentially free funky matrix, which actually - but more in areas - expands to the next title Bella . Mainly played on the level of sound development, in a certain way aesthetically effective, Horizonte is another highlight of the work; the titles Conveyor Belt and Bermuda Triangle are “a kind of farewell cloud. A vibrating record that is never "boring".
Pirmin Bossard wrote in the Swiss magazine Jazz n More : “Already on the first track“ Fuchsjagd ”they cheerfully neigh, but what a variety of sounds can be heard in these 2:45 minutes. A veritable large formation does the honors, which at no time sounds like traditional big-band smack, but also does not drive the big inferno free-orchestral, but as a street bastard with high playing competence and ambitious pieces its own place beyond categories conquered. The Fischermanns Orchestra mixes jazz roots, soundtrack sprouts, improv kernels, sound sprinkles and groove pepper to create an exciting meal. In the traditional environment on the street, the fishermen with their melodies and prancing grooves like to drink to the bones, on the debut album the more nutritious and provocative sides are played and played until the bunch of mysterious six minutes in "Bermuda Triangle ”disappears. “Horizonte” is more of a contemporary sound school than a jazz orchestra, while “Fliessband” with its forward pulse and groovy additions makes your head and legs dangle. ”Bossard's résumé reads:“ The quality of this orchestra is its curiosity, its audacity and its enthusiasm for playing. An unbeatable combination, especially when you experience the band there for what it was born, so to speak: to bring the music to the people out of the streets and alleys. "
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Notes and individual references
- ↑ a b Review of the albums by Fischermanns Orchestra, as well as by Sabu Toyozumi, Ligro, Marty Regan, Philippe Petit, Elephant9 / Fiske with Monsieur Délire September 2012
- ^ Information from Simon Petermann, January 2019
- ↑ A place on the bus
- ↑ In the original: Attiva a Lucerna dal 2007, la Fischermanns Orchestra evidenzia di primo acchito un approccio decisamente free al linguaggio per grande organico, pur nel rispetto di un tangibilissimo disegno architettonico-strutturale. Tutto ciò spicca in particolare nel tuttico di brani che apre il CD, ma si sviluppa poi anche lungo tutt'altre coordinate. Per esempio abbandonando l'opulenza, la pienezza, il "tiro" (come si dice) degli episodi di cui sopra per abbracciare un rumorismo non semper del tutto a fuoco, anche se magari funzionale al contesto, come in "Animals," ma in parte nello stesso "Invasion," per il resto di una matrice sostanzialmente free-funk che si allarga di fatto - però più a macchie - al successivo "Bella". Giocato per lo più sull'emissione del suono, in qualche modo propedeutico quanto esteticamente efficace, "Horizonte" è un altro dei momenti di punta del lavoro, so come - dopo il non trascendentale, un po 'futilmente latineggiante, "assembly line" - " Bermuda triangle, "sorta di nuvola sonora di commiato. Disco vivace, mai tedioso o supino, cui non sarebbe al limite nuociuta una maggior chiarezza d'intenti complessiva.
- ↑ Fischermanns Orchestra: Conducting Sessions All About Jazz May 20, 2012 (Italian)
- ↑ Pirmin Bossard in the Swiss magazine Jazz n More, issue of September 1, 2012