September trio
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| Label (s) | Clean Feed Records | |||
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CD |
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7th |
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48:31 |
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Harris Eisenstadt |
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Studio (s) |
Systems Two, New York City |
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September Trio is a jazz album by Harris Eisenstadt , which was created as a trio with Ellery Eskelin and Angelica Sanchez . The recordings made on September 12, 2010 in Studio Systems Two in Brooklyn were released in 2011 on Clean Feed Records .
background
September Trio was the first release of Harris Eisenstadt's eponymous trio with pianist Angelica Sanchez and tenor saxophonist Ellery Eskelin. The album The Destructive Element, recorded in the Grande Auditorio in Portalegre, followed in 2013 with the same cast .
Track list
- Harris Eisenstadt, Ellery Eskelin, Angelica Sanchez - September Trio (CF229CD)
- September 1 7:58
- September 2 4:57
- September 3 7:13
- September 4 6:29
- September 5 8:35
- September 6 11:20 am
- September 7 1:59
- All compositions are by Harris Eisenstadt.
reception
According to Douglas Detrick, the September trio plays incredibly free-floating and poignant music. The texture of the album is more sparse than even the unorthodox instrumentation would suggest. “The first thing that springs to mind is the word 'fragile',” the author continued. “It's an album that is played almost exclusively outside of the measured time with long and unknown collective improvisations that look like they could fall apart at any moment. But the self-confidence with which these musicians spin their webs of intertwined melodies does not radiate fragility, but balance. The music is tender, but also robust and finds a solid foundation in the overflowing lyrics that are woven into the material of the music. "Eisenstadt, one of the most sensitive drummers in the world in terms of timbres, says Detrick, creates an open accompaniment that does a lot Leave space, with cleverly placed drum textures that come in and out of the silence. Sanchez's opening arpeggios seem to offer a constant, rhythmic presence, but it lets them become a new idea at the end of the first movement of the melody. It's the kind of playing that may seem fleeting in a different setting, but here let this be a fitting compliment to Eskelin's long serpentine lines, as if the constant movement of ideas actually founded the music rather than unsettling it.
Mike Shanley wrote in JazzTimes that an album with works composed and staged by the drummer would not focus on Harris Eisenstadt in September . The tenor saxophonist Ellery Eskelin is characterized by his broad tone and his feeling for microtonal pitches, which gives his voice drama. Pianist Angelica Sanchez add glittering lines that open up the music, whether it's a free ballad (as is done in some of these tracks) or something based on clear changes. But Eisenstadt reveals itself and stirs the mixture in a way that is reminiscent of Paul Motian's approach to such sensitive music. “It may not always play time, but it clearly adds to the ups and downs.” Whether or not they were designed as a suite, Shaley continued, the pieces sometimes have similar characteristics, although there are enough differences to admit prevent them from merging. Ironically, the piece that appears to be the most composed is the final track, 1:59 in length, which ends abruptly, "exactly when expectations have reached an all-time high."
Web links
- Listing of the album on Allmusic (English). Accessed January 1, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Album Review. Clean Feed Records, October 18, 2011, accessed May 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Mike Shanley: Harris Eisenstadt: September Trio. JazzTimes, January 5, 2012, accessed May 12, 2020 .