Lean Left Volume 1
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| Live album by Lean Left ( Andy Moor , Terrie Ex , Paal Nilssen-Love , Ken Vandermark ) | ||||
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| Label (s) | Smalltown super jazz | |||
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CD |
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4th |
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43:23 |
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Joakim Haugland |
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Bimhuis, Amsterdam |
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Lean Left Volume 1 is an album by the group Lean Left , which is assigned to the genres of jazz and improvisational music. The recordings, which were made during a concert by the band on March 19, 2008 in the Bimhuis , Amsterdam, were released in 2010 on the Norwegian label Smalltown Superjazzz.
background
The recording documents a performance by the band Lean Left , which consists of guitarists Andy Moor and Terrie Ex from the Dutch experimental post-punk band The Ex , drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and saxophonist / clarinetist Ken Vandermark . The heart of the program, the 27-minute "Right Lung", is untested and freely improvised. The collaboration between the four musicians continued with six other productions, most recently with I Forgot to Breathe ( Trost Records ), published in 2017.
Track list
- Paal Nilssen-Love / Ken Vandermark, Andy Moor and Terrie Ex: Lean Left Vol. 1 (Smalltown Superjazzz STSJ166CD)
- Left lung 7:56
- Lean Over 4:34
- Right lung 27:26
- Lean Leftover 3:27
- All compositions are by Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love, Andy Moor and Terrie Ex.
reception
According to Bill Talland, who reviewed the album for the BBC , woodwind player Ken Vandermark has amassed an impressive number of recorded works not only with his Vandermark Five , but also with his larger Ensemble Territory Band . According to the author, he does not rest on his laurels, but also likes to challenge himself during live performances by using various instrument combinations and musicians who are not members of his regular working groups. Nillson-Love's drumming on "Left Lung" and "Lean Over" is a revelation - he combines the energy and clarity of a rock drummer with the polyrhythmic complexity of a good jazz player. It's the perfect vehicle for Vandermark, where its melody - along with Vandermark's subtle modifications to the tone and timbre of his horn - balances trance-like repetitions with appealing complexity. Vandermarks and Nillson Loves playing in combination in "Right Lung" is always a pleasure, and the ex-guitars complemented them with some nice textures, timbres and percussive accents.
John Fordham wrote in The Guardian that the remarkable drummer Paal Nilssen-Love acts like a young Han Bennink in his ability to develop grooves and swing even in extremely free improvisations. With this line-up there is inevitably a lot of insane free saxophone playing and whooping-cough-like multiphonics over rattling, Derek Bailey- like guitar accompaniments, which are anchored by the driving, rhythmic flow of the inexhaustible Nilssen love. The woody sound of the saxophonist opens “Left Lung” in a captivating way, and it is tenderly shrill (more like the late Steve Lacy ) with a mixture of percussion and guitar textures on the varied, 27-minute “Right Lung”. The short "Lean Over", which sounds strange like a free jazz version of " I Got You Babe ", is a bold splice of terrifying free squeak and an engaging lumpy funk.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lean Left - I Forgot To Breathe at Discogs
- ↑ Paal Nilssen-Love / Ken Vandermark: Lean Left Vol. 1 at Discogs
- ↑ Bill Talland: Lean Left The Ex Guitars meet Nilssen-Love / Vandermark Duo - Volume 1 Review. BBC, May 6, 2010, accessed June 7, 2020 .
- ↑ John Fordham: Ex Guitars / Paal Nilssen-Love / Ken Vandermark: Lean Left Vol 1. The Guardian, May 27, 2010, accessed on June 23, 2020 .