The extremely creative pianist/composer Angelica Sanchez brought a nonet to play at the Greenwich House in West Village, as part of their program dedicated to contemporary jazz and entitled Sound It Out.
As explained to the audience, Ms. Sanchez is going to record soon with this group of relentless explorers/improvisers who are strictly connected to the modern-creative jazz scene.
Its members are Chris Speed on tenor saxophone, Michael Attias on alto saxophone; Thomas Heberer on trumpet, Kirk Knuffke on cornet, Ben Goldberg on clarinet, Omar Tamez on guitar and percussion, John Hébert on double bass, and Sam Ospovat on drums.
The welcoming composition called “Big Weirdo” is a notably orchestrated avant-garde piece that gains a scintillating epic …show more content…
The assertive Chris Speed was the chosen man to instigate the fresh third tune (the title escaped me), confidently leaping across several octaves with the balmy timbre of his tenor sax. After a little while, a guitar ostinato and a tight bass-drums lilt helped to shape a sort of spiritual utterance. The levels of tension are raised by the inharmonious-yet-never-harsh approaches of Attias and Goldberg.
“Ringleader” was the next one, featuring a few agreeable guitar dissonances and an ebullient improvisation by Sanchez, only having the dark drumming of Ospovat in the background.
A piece from the Chilean composer Armando Carvajal, who wrote it for children, boasted highly percussive passages while the last tune of the night sounded like a reverberant anthem, displaying smashing collective improvisations over a rousing swinging rhythm. Kirk Knuffke, a visionary cornetist, showed to possess not just an ample technique, but also melodic balance and a stimulating rhythmic
As explained to the audience, Ms. Sanchez is going to record soon with this group of relentless explorers/improvisers who are strictly connected to the modern-creative jazz scene.
Its members are Chris Speed on tenor saxophone, Michael Attias on alto saxophone; Thomas Heberer on trumpet, Kirk Knuffke on cornet, Ben Goldberg on clarinet, Omar Tamez on guitar and percussion, John Hébert on double bass, and Sam Ospovat on drums.
The welcoming composition called “Big Weirdo” is a notably orchestrated avant-garde piece that gains a scintillating epic …show more content…
The assertive Chris Speed was the chosen man to instigate the fresh third tune (the title escaped me), confidently leaping across several octaves with the balmy timbre of his tenor sax. After a little while, a guitar ostinato and a tight bass-drums lilt helped to shape a sort of spiritual utterance. The levels of tension are raised by the inharmonious-yet-never-harsh approaches of Attias and Goldberg.
“Ringleader” was the next one, featuring a few agreeable guitar dissonances and an ebullient improvisation by Sanchez, only having the dark drumming of Ospovat in the background.
A piece from the Chilean composer Armando Carvajal, who wrote it for children, boasted highly percussive passages while the last tune of the night sounded like a reverberant anthem, displaying smashing collective improvisations over a rousing swinging rhythm. Kirk Knuffke, a visionary cornetist, showed to possess not just an ample technique, but also melodic balance and a stimulating rhythmic