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3D: D?browski Davis Drury: Vermilion Tree

By Eyal Hareuveni
October 14, 2014
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3D: D?browski Davis Drury: Vermilion Tree

The international 3D trio was initiated by Polish, Denmark-based rising trumpeter

Tomasz Dabrowski

trumpet
b.1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Tomasz Dabrowski during his 2012 visit to New York that already yielded a duo with drummer

Tyshawn Sorey

drums
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Tyshawn Sorey (Steps, For Tune, 2013). Canadian, New York-based pianist

Kris Davis

piano
b.1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Kris Davis and American drummer (with Nordic roots)

" data-original-title="" title="">Andrew Drury join D?browski in a set of eight concise, snapshot-like duo and trio improvisations that blur the distinction with written compositions. The five longer compositions penned by D?browski (plus one by Drury), all emphasize D?browski's beautiful sound.

D?browski's aesthetics are praised in the liner notes by saxophonist

Lotte Anker

saxophone
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Lotte Anker, trumpeters

Axel Dorner

trumpet
b.1964

" data-original-title="" title="">Axel Dorner and the Americans

Ralph Alessi

trumpet
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Ralph Alessi and

Nate Wooley

trumpet
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Nate Wooley. All emphasize his personal voice "that is an extension, not a recreation of a tradition." Davis and Drury, no doubt, share a similar spirit. All three are informed by the past but aim for the future, open to experiment and search with forms, atmosphere, rhythm and sounds. Still, the adventurous spirit of search and discovery is channeled with an impressive focus and imagination to music making, through supportive and playful interplay that is often articulated in contemplative and lyrical motifs.

Drury's powerful composition "Modules" pushes the envelope further. It alternates between an intense and conflictual opening that challenges D?browski to follow dense, rhythmic clusters of sounds produced by Davis and Drury, and a sudden turn to a subtle, almost silent meditation on sounds, embracing gentle and weird ones alike. D?browski's "Mattock Phrasemonger" is a moving, melancholic piece that highlights his poetic, emotional power and the spare manner that Davis and Drury outline D?browski's flights. His "Ruddy Rudi" sketches a more experimental and dramatic exploration of a search after a form and "Apricot, apricot" is one of the few pieces that has a linear narrative.

Highly impressive. Another testimony to the unique and original voice of D?browski.

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Track Listing

Fawn; Vermilion Tree; Dun; Leaden; Hazel; Modules; Mauve; Puce; Mattock Phrasemonger; Livid; Taupe; Ruddy rudi; Apricot, Apricot; Tawny.

Personnel

3D: D?browski Davis Drury

Tomasz D?browski: trumpet, balkan horn, mutes; Kris Davis: piano; Andrew Drury: drums.

Album information

Title: Vermilion Tree | Year Released: 2014 | Record Label: For Tune

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