The John Abercrombie Quartet's Cat 'n' Mouse, issued in 2002, showcased a
band that was on the verge of something that approached greatness.
Abercrombie, violinist Mark Feldman, drummer Joey Baron, and bassist
Marc Johnson gelled together inside the framework of the guitarist's
increasingly open-ended compositions and became a unit that could
articulate the most subtle of sonorities and intricate harmonic
architectures. But they also revealed that they were entering the zone
where they could actually stretch time and space. On Class Trip, the
bandmembers come together fully and build on that concept with such
beauty and grace that they sound as if they've been playing together all
their lives. The sheer subtle intuition that guides these proceedings
is breathtaking, whether they are weaving through one another on "Cat
Walk," which is alternately full of shimmering yet knotty harmonics with
Abercrombie's chord voicings offering a dimensional extension of
Feldman's lines in counterpoint, finding a common singing voice where
time signatures seemingly disappear, as on "Risky Business," or messing
about with Bartók's "Soldier's Song" and turning its melodic line back
on itself in an inverse scalar schemata. This band is concerned only
with the articulation and expression of a musicality that lies not in
the obviousness of its contributors' considerable musical gifts as jazz
improvisers, but in the sheer nuanced elegance of an ensemble whose
blurring of traditions under the rubric of improvisation makes the group
not only compelling but brilliant. Abercrombie's compositions for this
band are the most adventurous and graceful of his long career; as a
unit, the quartet is a band without peers that plays a music whose
challenge is only eclipsed by its accessibility and singular language. by Thom Jurek
Tracklist :
1 Dansir 9:32
John Abercrombie
2 Risky Business 7:40
John Abercrombie
3 Descending Grace 8:56
John Abercrombie
4 Illinoise 5:36
John Abercrombie / Joey Baron / Mark Feldman / Marc Johnson
5 Cat Walk 7:56
John Abercrombie
6 Excuse My Shoes 8:29
John Abercrombie
7 Swirls 6:07
John Abercrombie
8 Jack and Betty 3:41
John Abercrombie
9 Class Trip 7:29
John Abercrombie
10 Bartók: Soldier's Song 3:03
Béla Bartók
11 Epilogue 3:04
John Abercrombie / Joey Baron / Mark Feldman / Marc Johnson
Credits :
Double Bass – Marc Johnson
Drums – Joey Baron
Guitar – John Abercrombie
Producer – Manfred Eicher
Violin – Mark Feldman
sábado, 19 de fevereiro de 2022
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