Expanding Light
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CD |
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6th |
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53:14 |
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Whit dickey |
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Park West Studios Brooklyn |
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Expanding Light is a jazz album by the Whit Dickey Trio starring Rob Brown and Brandon Lopez . The recordings, made on November 18, 2019 in the Park West Studios Brooklyn, were released in June 2020 on the Tao Forms label and distributed by AUM Fidelity .
background
A post- Coltrane team of American free jazz players, including the late saxophone radical David S. Ware and the versatile composer and bassist William Parker , noted John Fordham, “kept the flame of the avant-garde of the 1960s burning ". Drummer Whit Dickey, a former student of free percussion legend Milford Graves and a frequent contributor to Ware and Parker, also made an important contribution, according to Fordham. "Dickey describes a large part of this music engaging full-bore yang (he also calls it free- grunge ) for the yin and yang energies that are released when the known and unknown collide." He is joined by alto saxophonist Rob Brown who Dickey had worked together for 30 years, and aspiring young bassist Brandon Lopez, a musician who has previously worked with John Zorn and the Sun Ra Arkestra .
It is the second release of the Tao Forms label , after The Piano Equation , a solo album by pianist Matthew Shipp .
Track list
- Whit Dickey Trio: Expanding Light (Tao Forms)
- The Outer Edge 9:14
- Desert Flower 8:00
- Plateau 9:30
- Expanding Light 1.30 p.m.
- Moebius 7:46
- The Opening 5:14
- All compositions are by Whit Dickey.
reception
John Fordham gave the album a four-star rating in the Guardian, writing, “They're all soloing, and they're entwined in the flood of this music. "The Outer Edge" melts Brown's early pleading laments to groove exchanges of quick free swing and celebratory incantations, while "Desert Flower" is introduced by Lopez's seismic rumble and sitar-like slide before Brown breaks out in tight, hasty lines. "Be it good to experience, so Fordham's summary, that two illustrious elders of free jazz and an inspired newcomer keep the edge of this niche tradition so sharp.
In the opinion of Steve Feeney (Arts Fuse), Dickey's description of his musical concept as "Free Grunge" does not do justice. A “term that emphasizes how emotionally enriching this unrestricted approach to music-making can be.” Whitey, Rob Brown and Brandon Lopez would reach areas of musical experience that can only be accessed through shared ideas for collective improvisation as a place of liberation . Ornette Coleman is an important forerunner of Dickey's approach , especially the master's term "Harmelodic". You can feel this influence in "The Outer Edge"; “The drummer and Lopez create a rhythmic viscosity in the piece, over which Brown adds layers of astringency . However, the apparent chaos creates passion and unleashed compelling energy. ”The title track, in turn, deals with Coleman-like versions of folk / blues ; Polyrhythms , by Legato are accentuated -Bogenspiel Brown, interweave in ritualized steps and create a seething world of organic interaction.
S. Victor praised Aaron in Something Else !, Expanding Light as "the powerful product of the thirty years that Dickey and Brown spent together to play freely, but with intent and unity." What is even more amazing is that Lopez plays as if he'd been working with them for just as long. "The bassist uses his bow to deal directly with Brown on" Mobius, "while Dickey cleverly uses cymbals to create a muffler around them and slow down the tempo." Veteran drummer and inexperienced record label entrepreneur Whit Dickey finds Ways, says the author, of keeping things fresh, this time with a new trio.
Web links
- Listing of the album on Allmusic (English). Accessed June 1, 2020.
- Notes on the album at AUM Fidelity
Individual evidence
- ^ A b John Fordham: Whit Dickey Trio: Expanding Light review - pin-sharp free jazz finds new heat. The Guardian, May 29, 2019, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ Whit Dickey Trio: Expanding Light. Forces Exposure, May 6, 2020, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Information about the album at AUM Fidelity
- Jump up ↑ Jazz Album Reviews: Matthew Shipp and Whit Dickey - Unrepentant Proponents of Free Jazz. Arts Fuse, June 2, 2019, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ^ S. Victor Aaron: Whit Dickey - 'Expanding Light' (2020). Something Else !, June 6, 2020, accessed June 11, 2020 .