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Waxwing: Flicker Down

By Alberto Bazzurro
March 17, 2022
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Disco elegante e al tempo stesso di nerbo, attento al dettaglio ma capace di lasciarsi andare quando necessario, riflessivo e pensoso, aereo, a tratti persino elegiaco (in particolare quando a prendere in mano le redini �� il violoncello della sempre impeccabile

Peggy Lee

vocals
1920 - 2002

" data-original-title="" title="">Peggy Lee), quanto, altrove, deciso, affermativo, il tutto svariando da brani brevissimi (cinque attorno al minuto) a elucubrazioni ben pi�� distese (fino agli otto minuti di "Joe's Time"): ecco cosa ci offre questo album del trio

Waxwing

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Waxwing contraddistinto da un assortimento strumentale alquanto singolare (e comunque ad assetto variabile, visto che sia

Jon Bentley

saxophone, tenor
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Jon Bentley che

Tony Wilson

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Tony Wilson non si limitano agli strumenti principali, vale a dire sassofoni—in prevalenza tenore—e chitarra) che gi�� lo dota di timbriche—e quindi situazioni climatiche—abbastanza inusuali. Il resto arriva attraverso percorsi felicemente frastagliati, soluzioni in pi�� di un'occasione inattese (per esempio in "Crossing Paths," ma le citazioni potrebbero essere diverse), alla fin fine la capacit�� di farsi ascoltare senza che nulla possa mai esser dato per scontato.

Apprezzabili sensazioni, quindi, offerte anche da un sostanziale senso di calma, di padronanza della materia, che trasmette a chi si pone di fronte al lavoro la quasi certezza di trovare sino alla fine (cio�� per poco meno di un'ora) pane per i propri denti. Non dovendosi ricredere con lo scorrere dei pezzi.

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Track Listing

Flicker Down; On This Day; Fweeo Walks By; Your Bet; Time Waited; A Day��s Life; Montbretia Gates; Highway of Tears; Birds in Cages; Crossing Paths; Joe��s Theme; Breathe; Invisible Something; Just Saying; Cloaks of Coax; Peace for Animeek; Chasing the End; Parasitic.

Personnel

Waxwing

band / ensemble / orchestra

Jon Bentley

saxophone, tenor

Peggy Lee (cellist)

cello

Tony Wilson

guitar

Additional Instrumentation

Jon Bentley: soprano saxophone, tank drum, synthesizers, percussion, bells, samples, programming; Tony Wilson: harmonica, kalimba, percussion, ektara; Miranda Clingwall: flute & space echo on tracks 7, 13, 16.

Album information

Title: Flicker Down | Year Released: 2021 | Record Label: Songlines Recordings

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