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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : Northwoods Improvisers
t i t l e : Spinning
d a t e : 1996
l a b e l : Arc (ARC09-CD)
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Jul-2004
t r a c k s : 10
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 100,10 MB
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Mike Johnston - Bass, Percussiont, Wood Flute
Mike Gilmore - Percussion, Marimba, Drums (Steel), Cheng,
Vibraphone
Nick Ashton - Percussion, Drums
The Northwoods Improvisers from Michigan are a unit unto
themselves, a creative unit that is based heavily on percussive
and tribal sounds of their own creation, their own tribal
notions. Over the course of four albums and untold concerts,
the trio of Mike Gilmore, Mike Johnston, and Nick Ashton has
woven an earthy and mystical music of truly enormous
proportions. Understanding intimately the intricacies of
overtonal sound concepts and their properties of sonances, the
Improvisers have taken their sound studies to England's ARC
label for Spinning. Using a plethora of percussion devices
(vibes, marimbas, steel drums, cheng, shakers, rattles, etc.),
a double bass, and wood flutes, the Improvisers weave together
sounds both ancient and modern in a highly idiosyncratic
personal iconography that is universally acceptable by those
interested in primitive musics and wildly sophisticated in a
modern sense for those interested in the improvisational and
harmonic process as it relates to jazz. On Johnston's "Hard
Count," vibes call forth both the meter and the melody in a
deft series of half-tone moves that recall both Bobby
Hutcherson's funk and Milt Jackson's sense of space. On the
free for all "Red Shift," the Improvisers cover the earth in
bass and cheng logic while all manner of tom-toms and hand
drums cover the base before triple-timing the melodic
instruments in tandem. In all, there are more surprises here
than there is language for. Yes, there is something new under
the sun, all built not only from the old instruments but the
old ways of conceiving group harmony, interplay, and approaches
to whole-tone studies. This is brave music you can dance to or
hum along with. Spinning is accurately titled; it spins a host
of tales so ancient they can no longer be told openly, and
offers them in a groove so deep and wide you have no choice as
a listener but to sink right in and start moving.
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01-Firepit [05:21]
02-Hard Count [04:31]
03-Entropy Puzzle [15:11]
04-Spinning [05:31]
05-Red Shift [05:04]
06-Forest Rain [09:30]
07-Free [06:13]
08-Blues For Sonny Clark [05:33]
09-Afghanistan [06:04]
10-Living Space [10:28]
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73:26 min
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