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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : Jon Lloyd
t i t l e : Head
d a t e : 1993
l a b e l : Leo
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Jul-2004
t r a c k s : 08
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 136,1 MB
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Jazz on CD
Jon Lloyd Quartet Head Leo LR 186
Saxophonist Lloyd's quartet, recorded live at London's Queen
Elizabeth Hall and Sheffield's Crucible Theatre early this
year, explores the area where composition co-exists alongside
improvisation - around a theme, or anchored to a rhythm - can
dissolve into fiery free association.
His quartet - comprising Lloyd, pianist John Law, drummer Mark
Sanders and bassist Paul Rogers - is not afraid of rhythm or
melody; witness the traditional shuffle rhythm of 'Slingback',
the circling piano repetitions of 'V-points', or the steaming
'Audax Drop' which opens and closes the set. In fact, they
shift back and forth between formalism and free improvisation,
finding a useful language in both. Parts of 'Parabola' and
'Boots' seem to be played on the innards of instruments,
producing airy and surprising soundscapes. Other pieces, like
'Jump' seem to refer back to an earlier, almost classical, free
improvisation, the sort Ornette Coleman framed against a
ticking rhythm section on albums like "The Shape of Jazz to
Come".
Each of these musicians is exploring his instrument at the
cutting edge of its capabilities, and in or out of time (but
perhaps especially when driven along by a hectoring beat) they
produce a brand of composition-led improvised jazz that manages
to be thoughtful as well as ferocious.
Jazz in Time
The Jon Lloyd Quartet Head Leo LR 186
Apres Syzygy (LR 173), voici ledeuxieme album de quartet de Jon
Lloyd, soit quelque 75 minutes de musique d'une tension
constante et d'une beaute dense. Sept themes personnels, de 5
a 17 minutes chacun, et une plage cosignee par les quatres
membres de la formation, constituent un repertoire laissant
libre cours aux solistes et a l'improvisation. D'une egale
purete de son a l'alto (plages 1, 3, 6, 8), qu'an soprano
(plages 2, 4, 5, 7), Jon Lloyd construit un discours balise par
les univers d'Ornette Coleman et d'Anthony Braxton, tandis que
le piano echevele de John Law fait reference a Paul Bley et
Cecil Taylor. Excellente rhythmique britannique, le couple
Mark Sanders et Paul Rogers (un bassiste remarque dernierement
dans un tres bel album de la pianiste francaise Sophia
Domancich) tisse une trame rhythmique d'une energie vigoureuse
sur laquelle viennent se fondre le saxophone volubile et le
piano. Au total, un jazz contemporain qui reste largement
accessible par sa grande beaute melodique.
C.L. - Jazz in Time
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01-Audax Drop [07:39]
02-Fragment 92&93 [05:11]
03-Slingback [12:52]
04-V-Points [10:14]
05-Parabola [06:47]
06-Jump [16:54]
07-Boots [08:49]
08-Audax Drop [07:24]
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75:50 min
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