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Listening to the music of soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom and pianist Fred Hersch gives you a strong impression of what can happen when two creative musician really enjoy playing together. Three years of rehearsing and performing togeher in New York City yielded a musical work of seamless interaction. Both musician have their own identity and background which were the basis for developing a new common language in duet music.
jane Ira Bloom is most well known for her innovative work on the soprano saxophone. She has leaded groups at numerous clubs in New York City and has performed in concert at the Kool Festival '81, '82, '83, the New York Womens Jazz Festival and the New Music America Festival. She toured Europe in '81, '82 and '84 and was a featured performer at the Paris, Berlin and Northsea Festivals. Six times she won the Down Beat Jazz Critics Poll and twice the Readers Poll for soprano saxophone.
"Jane Ira Bloom has thorougly mastered the often resistant soprano, an instrument on which there have been few virtuosi in jazz history. Her sound is strong, clear, and actually sings. Moreover, she is an unusually resourceful, cohesive, melodist — creating what sound like 'spontaneous composition'..." (Nat Hentoff)
Fred Hersch has been heard to good adventage in Sam Jones' Big Band and in groups led by Joe Hen and Art Farmer. His compositions and improvisations are equaly influenced by the deep knowledge of the tradition as well as by his own personal feelings.
As One, which has been await for quite a while, presents the unique result of a close musical cooperation. Jane Ira Bloom and Fred Hersch have composed most of the heardful tunes, themselfes, except Miyako by Wayne Shorter and Winter Of My Discontent by Alec Wilder.
Lyrical songs and ballads like Waiting For Daylight characterize this recording. On the other hand there are tunes like Inside and Desert two free improvisations exploding with energy.
The clear melodie and phrasing of Jane Ira Bloom and the harmonical construction of Fred hersch are the heard of As One.
-Original Press Text written in 1985
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ARTISTS
Jane Ira Bloom (soprano sax); Fred Hersch (piano) |
TRACKS
1. Waiting for Daylight [Bloom]
2. Desert [Jane Ira Bloom]
3. A Child's Song [Fred Hersch]
4. Miyako [Wayne Shorter]
5. Inside [Hersch/Bloom]
6. Winter of my Discontent [Alec Wilder]
7. Janeology [Fred Hersch] |
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