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To Be Continued (Carol Liebowitz, Claire de Brunner, Daniel Carter, and Kevin Norton): Poetry from the Future

By Roger Farbey
June 30, 2017
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To Be Continued (Carol Liebowitz, Claire de Brunner, Daniel Carter, and Kevin Norton): Poetry from the Future

This leaderless improvising quartet utilises some unusual instruments on their recording. Bassoon is rarely heard outside of classical music and Claire de Brunner is an excellent exponent of the instrument. She studied jazz improvisation with

Lee Konitz

saxophone, alto
1927 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Lee Konitz. She also studied with pianist

Connie Crothers

piano
1941 - 2016

" data-original-title="" title="">Connie Crothers as did

Carol Liebowitz

piano
b.1953

" data-original-title="" title="">Carol Liebowitz, whose restrained yet vital contributions are nearly as essential as her listening skills, an attribute which is woefully undervalued in improvised music.

All the pieces presented here are collective improvisations and the listener's engagement will undoubtedly be enhanced by the veritable smorgasbord of instrumentation involved. Multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter plays no fewer than six instruments over the course of the ten tracks. Carter has played with countless musicians in his long career including the likes of

Sam Rivers

saxophone, tenor
1923 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Sam Rivers,

Sunny Murray

drums
1937 - 2017

" data-original-title="" title="">Sunny Murray,

Jaco Pastorius

bass, electric
1951 - 1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Jaco Pastorius and

Enrico Rava

trumpet
b.1939

" data-original-title="" title="">Enrico Rava. Percussion virtuoso

Kevin Norton

percussion

" data-original-title="" title="">Kevin Norton graduated with a Master's degree in orchestral percussion from the Manhattan School of Music and, notably, has collaborated with bass virtuoso

Milt Hinton

bass, acoustic
1910 - 2000

" data-original-title="" title="">Milt Hinton.

There is a mesmeric quality to the music, dominated by the serenely dark notes of de Brunner's bassoon but with occasional oddities too such as a scream-like sound of unknown origin (bowed cymbal perhaps or a reed?) at around the one minute thirty mark on the opening track "Invisible Colors." Norton opens the longest track "Every Which Way" on drum kit and the ensemble piece is sporadically punctuated by his application of dramatic cymbals.

There are more unearthly sounds evinced on "Blue Daniel" and this time they perhaps emanate from a bassoon reed. Liebowitz and de Brunner lead on "Beautiful Outcast" before being joined by Carter and Norton. "For All Times" with vibraphone heard at the outset is getting close to

Eric Dolphy

woodwinds
1928 - 1964

" data-original-title="" title="">Eric Dolphy's timeless masterpiece Out To Lunch!. A bluesy saxophone introduction to "River Run" gives way to more strident dynamics involving the whole ensemble and is a perfect example of how this group works so well together as one cohesive unit. Listening to each other, always listening.

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Track Listing

Invisible Colors: Poetry From The Future; Every Which Way; Blue Daniel; Cascadeascope; Sonic Mirage;?Beautiful Outcast; For All Times; Ringing Circles; River Run.??

Personnel

To Be Continued

Carol Liebowitz: piano; Claire de Brunner: bassoon; Daniel Carter: alto, tenor, and soprano saxophones, flute, trumpet, clarinet; Kevin Norton: vibraphone, drums, percussion.

Album information

Title: Poetry from the Future | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: Line Art Records

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