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Dominique Eade: Town and Country

By Angelo Leonardi
March 22, 2018
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A sei anni dall'incisione di Whirpool (Jazz Project, 2012),

Ran Blake

piano
b.1935

" data-original-title="" title="">Ran Blake e

" data-original-title="" title="">Dominique Eade ripropongolo la loro esplorazione piano/voce privilegiando l'attenzione dal Great American Songbook ai canti della tradizione popolare e di denuncia sociale. Com'�� noto l'83enne Ran Blake �� un decano del New England Conservatory di Boston, dove fond�� con

Gunther Schuller

composer / conductor
1925 - 2015

" data-original-title="" title="">Gunther Schuller il Third Sream Department. Sua lontana allieva alla fine degli anni settanta, Dominique Eade �� da tempo docente nella stessa universit�� e condivide con Ran Blake l'intransigente indagine di quell'estetica.

Il materiale scelto �� ampio. Abbiamo ?It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)? di

Bob Dylan

guitar and vocals
b.1941

" data-original-title="" title="">Bob Dylan, ?Give My Love to Rose? di

Johnny Cash

guitar and vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Johnny Cash, il colto ?Thoreau? di

Charles Ives

composer / conductor
1874 - 1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Ives, lo spiritual ?Elijah Rock?, canti di denuncia sociale come ?Eastern Tree? o ?West Virginia Mine Disaster?, qualche nota ballad come ?Moonlight in Vermont? o ?Moon River?. La decostruzione tematica, i contrasti timbrici, il canto colloquiale e le dissonanze del piano creano un clima di rarefatta (e spesso allucinata) bellezza, che pu�� risultare ostico a chi �� avvezzo a esecuzioni tradizionali. Una narrazione che si snoda nella penombra, con i temi che appaiono nudi e scarnificati.

Eppure il fascino �� enorme, per chi sa entrare in sintonia.

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Track Listing

Lullaby; It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding); Moon River; West Virginia Mine Disaster; Elijah Rock; Give My Love to Rose; Harvest At Massachusetts General Hospital; The Easter Tree; Moonglow/Theme from Picnic; Thoreau; Moti; Pretty Fly; Open Highway; Gunther; West Virginia Mine Disaster; Harvest at Massachusetts General Hospital; Moonlight in Vermont; Goodnight, Irene.

Personnel

Dominique Eade

vocals

Dominique Eade, vocal; Ran Blake, piano; Prudence Steiner, narration on "Thoreau".

Album information

Title: Town and Country | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: Sunnyside Records

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