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No Reduce: Jaywalkin'
Christoph Irniger
saxophone, tenorb.1979
Nasheet Waits
drumsb.1971
The tunes were all inspired by the Swiss trio's New York stay—the title tune is a reflection of its surprise at New Yorkers' apparent disregard for personal road safety. Waits is the only group member who doesn't get a composer credit, but his confident, inventive percussion is key to the music's feel. His partnership with Bossard is never too showy, never too complicated.
Irniger's "Endangered" is, as the title suggests, a rather dark and threatening tune-Gisler's guitar and Waits' percussion create and maintain the tension. "The Slope," Irniger's other composition, finds Gisler and Waits letting rip with metal-esque drum and guitar before it returns to the slower pace and darker mood of its predecessor. Bossard's "Faraway... But Close Enough" is also notable for the way it builds tension. Gisler and Waits again take the leading role before Irniger's tenor sax dominates.
There are lighter moments, such as Gisler's gentle "Playground" and Bossard's "Morningside Road," a tribute to his temporary New York home. The most playful of all is Gisler's "The Mouse." This might be expected to be a skittering, darting tune in homage to the busy and active rodent but it's closer to a slow, swampy blues-this is a mouse with a belly full of cheese.
Jaywalkin' is an impressive first album: a tribute to the effect New York has on three young Europeans who form No Reduce, and to the effect Waits has on the music's strength and creativity of the band as a unit.
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Track Listing
01. Endangered (Irniger); 02. The Slope (Irniger); 03. Playground (Gisler);04. Faraway... But Close Enough (Bossard); 05. Dope Factory (Gisler); 06. Jaywalkin' (Gisler); 07. Morningside Road (Bossard); 08. The Mouse (Gisler).
Personnel
Christoph Irniger
saxophone, tenorChristoph Irniger (sax tenore); Dave Gisler (chitarra); Raffaele Bossard (contrabbasso); Nasheet Waits (batteria).
Album information
Title: Jaywalkin' | Year Released: 2012 | Record Label: Nwog Records
Tags
No Reduce
CD/LP/Track Review
Bruce Lindsay
Nwog Records
Switzerland
Geneva
Christoph Irniger
Nasheet Waits
Jaywalkin'
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