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 A Blessing |
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| World debut recording! John Hollenbeck's eighteen-piece band redefines improvised music for large ensemble by taking big band sound, energy, and force, and using it in a way that doesn't sound dated or generic to create personal, non-genre specific music.
In striking compositions for large ensemble, Hollenbeck, who studied with innovative arrangers Bob Brookmeyer and Jim McNeely and who draws compositional influences from Gyorgy Ligetí, Peter Garland, Brian Eno, and John Adams, reinvents "jazz big band" using novel instrumentation, sound, styles, rhythms, and material that ranges from funk, free, and straight-ahead jazz to minimalist music, African rhythms, and art song.
Featuring the incredible four-octave voice of Theo Bleckmann, used both non-verbally (as an ensemble instrument) and verbally on breathtaking settings of "An Irish Blessing" and a poem by Hazrat Inayat Khan, Hollenbeck uses other out-of-the-ordinary timbres — including "bowed vibes," English horns — admist extended melodies and overlaid rhythmic textures — to color and illuminate the stimulating music on A Blessing. |
ARTISTS
Ben Kono, flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone · Chris Speed, clarinet · Tom Christensen, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, English horn · Dan Willis, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, English horn · Alan Won, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet · Rob Hudson, trombone · Kurtis Pivert, trombone · Jacob Garchik, trombone · Alan Ferber, bass trombone · Jon Owens, trumpet · Tony Kadleck, trumpet · Dave Ballou, trumpet · Laurie Frink, trumpet · Kermit Driscoll, bass · John Hollenbeck, drums · Gary Versace, piano · Matt Moran, mallets · Theo Bleckmann, voice · JC Sanford, conductor |
TRACKS
A Blessing · Folkmoot · RAM · Weiji · Abstinence · April in Reggae · The Music of Life |
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