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Ryan Truesdell: Synthesis: The String Quartet Sessions
Ryan Truesdell
composer / conductorIl giovane orchestratore, divenuto famoso per aver dato vita a inedite partiture di
Gil Evans
composer / conductor1912 - 1988
Miho Hazama
composer / conductorb.1986
John Hollenbeck
drumsb.1968
Jim McNeely
composer / conductorb.1949
Alan Ferber
trombone
Bob Brookmeyer
trombone1929 - 2011
Rufus Reid
bass, acousticb.1944
Christine Jensen
saxophone
Vanessa Perica
composer / conductorb.1982
John Clayton
bassb.1952
Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestra
Nathan Parker Smith
composer / conductorb.1983
Dave Rivello
composer / conductorOded Lev-Ari
producerAl quartetto d'archi che ha eseguito le partiture si sono aggiunti solisti di primo piano come la violinista
Sara Caswell
violin
Anat Cohen
clarinetb.1975
Jay Anderson
bassb.1955
Joyce Hammann
violin
Jody Redhage Ferber
celloCome credo sia chiaro, la risultante del progetto è l'ibridazione, risultante dalla sensibilità jazzistica di molti autori e compositori e un organico tradizionalmente cameristico. Il risultato è certamente riuscito nei suoi ambiziosi intenti e presenta episodi avvincenti sia nelle composizioni che gli apporti solistici (Sara Caswell e Anat Cohen in particolare).
Gli universi dei vari autori si compenetrano per offrire un quadro eclettico: nel percorso si susseguono temi melodicamente radiosi ("Violet Soul" di Ferber), intesamente lirici ("A World Lies Waiting" di Vanessa Perica), di taglio classico-contemporaneo ("Where Con You Be?" di Nathan Parker Smith), formalmente austeri ("String Quartet #1" di Reid; "Tilting World" della Jensen) o connotati ritmicamente con le aggiunte di pianoforte, marimba e batteria ("Grey Cottage" di Hollenbeck). Una delle sintesi stilisticamente più riuscite è, a nostro avviso, l'eclettica "Chipmunk Timmy's Funny Sunny Day" di Miho Hazama.
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Track Listing
Where Can You Be; A World Lies Waiting; Playground: 1. Copy Cat, 2. Ropes and Ladders; Murmuration and Adagio; Suite for Clarinet and String Quartet: 1. Shadows at Dawn, 2. Branches at Night, 3. Fire and Flowers, 4. Image of Mistery; Chipmunk Timmy's Funny Sunny Day; Violet; Melt; Paper; Heart of Gold; Tidal Waves; Talking; Tilting World; String Quartet #1: Movement I, Movement II, Movement III; Danca de quarto (for Sara); Two Reflections for String Quartet: 1. Sorry, 2. Not Sorry; Grey Cottage: #1 Coming Out of the Fog, #2 Shaking Peace, #3 My Deer, #4 Healing and Gratitude, #5 Dustish, #6 Jazz Hands, #7 Tax Penalty Payment Approaching.
Personnel
Ryan Truesdell
composer / conductor
Sara Caswell
violinJoyce Hammann
violin
Lois Martin
violaOrlando Wells
viola
Jody Redhage Ferber
celloNoah Hoffeld
cello
Anat Cohen
clarinet
Vanessa Perica
composer / conductor
Jay Anderson
bass
Jim McNeely
composer / conductor
Miho Hazama
composer / conductor
Alan Ferber
tromboneJoeseph Borsellino
composer / conductor
Asuka Kakitani
composer / conductor
John Clayton
bass
Bob Brookmeyer
trombone
Christine Jensen
saxophone
Rufus Reid
bass, acoustic
Dave Rivello
composer / conductorAdditional Instrumentation
Nathan Parker Smith, Vanessa Perica, Oded Lev-Ari, Jim McNeely, Miho Hazama, Alan Ferber, Joseph Borsellino, Asuka Kakitani, John Clayton, Bob Brookmeyer, Christine Jensen, Rufus Reid, Dave Rivello, John Hollenbeck: composers.
Album information
Title: Synthesis: The String Quartet Sessions | Year Released: 2024 | Record Label: ArtistShare
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Gil Evans
Miho Hazama
John Hollenbeck
Jim McNeely
Alan Ferber
Bob Brookmeyer
Rufus Reid
Christine Jensen
Vanessa Perica
John Clayton
Asuka Kakitani, {{Nathan Parker Smith
Dave Rivello
Joseph Borsellino III
Oded Lev-Ari
Sara Caswell
Anat Cohen
Jay Anderson
Joyce Hammann
Jody Redhage Ferber
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