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konstruKt w/Peter Brotzmann: Eklisia Sunday

By Mark Corroto
April 8, 2013
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konstruKt w/Peter Brotzmann: Eklisia Sunday

The Turkish free jazz outfit

Konstrukt

various

" data-original-title="" title="">Konstrukt might be considered the most evolved improvisational band working in jazz today. Founded, not in the hotbeds of jazz, London, New York, Chicago, Wuppertal, or Krakow, their isolation is the key to their success.

Well, isolation and observation.

Although this band was formed in 2008, their free jazz ears date back to the 1960s. The band has absorbed the lessons of

John Coltrane

saxophone
1926 - 1967

" data-original-title="" title="">John Coltrane's Interstellar Space (Impulse!, 1967),

Peter Brötzmann

woodwinds
1941 - 2023

" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Br?tzmann's Machine Gun (FMP, 1968), and more recent works by

Ivo Perelman

saxophone, tenor
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Ivo Perelman,

William Parker

bass
b.1952

" data-original-title="" title="">William Parker, and

Joe McPhee

woodwinds
b.1939

" data-original-title="" title="">Joe McPhee.

This live disc was recorded in May 2011 in G��m��?l��k, Turkey, and reunites the quartet with Peter Br?tzmann, their guest from a 2008 recording Dolunay (re:konstruKt, 2010). The quartet's basic lineup of Korhan Futaci (saxophone), Umut ?a?lar (electric guitar), ?z��n Usta (bass), and Korhan Arg��den (drums) is augmented here by an additional bassist, guitar, piano, and saxophone.

That said this large-ish ensemble, to KonstruKt's credit, makes much more than noisy energy jazz. The music is presented in four lengthy parts, each with a nuggets (maybe blocks) of artful music making. The disc opens with a saxophone (I'm guessing it's Futaci) wandering among his quartet before Usta's djembe drum sets the pulse. While the large ensemble slowly joins in, the structure of the piece remains. A coherent groove and consistent energy is sustained, as the piece burns itself into exhaustion, some gentle guitar notes are played over delicate reed work. The longest piece, "Part III" (22:36) is a nomadic opus. The piece sustains a shamanistic energy through percussion, bells, double electric guitars, and ever-spiraling- upward saxophones. The rhapsodic vibe throughout organizes and highlights this excellent date.

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Track Listing

Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV.

Personnel

Konstrukt

various

Peter Br?tzmann: tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet; H��seyin Ertun?: acoustic piano, k��st��fon, gong; Do?an Do?usel: double bass, k��st��fon; Barlas Tan ?zemek: electric guitar; Korhan Futaci - tenor saxophone,soprano saxophone; Umut ?a?lar - electric guitar; ?z��n Usta: double bass, djembe, gong, bells; Korhan Arg��den: drums, old K zildjian cymbals.

Album information

Title: Eklisia Sunday | Year Released: 2013 | Record Label: Not Two Records

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