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Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Random Acts of Happiness
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Record Label..: Summerfold ▐▌ █▀█ ▐▌ Tracks........: 11
Genre.........: Jazz ▄▓▓▄▀ ▀▄▓▓▄ Size..........: 90,6 MB
Release Year..: 2004 ▒▌ ▐▒ Source........: CDDA
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Rip Date......: Sep-16-2004 █▓█ Quality.......: VBRkbps
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█▓ 01. My Heart Declares A Holiday [05:27] ▓█
█▓ 02. White Knuckle Wedding [07:44] ▓█
█▓ 03. Turn and Return [02:51] ▓█
█▓ 04. Tramontana [08:05] ▓█
█▓ 05. Bajo Del Sol [08:45] ▓█
█▓ 06. Seems Like A Lifetime Ago (Part 1) [03:56] ▓█
█▓ 07. Modern Folk [06:27] ▓█
█▓ 08. With Friends Like These... [02:53] ▓█
█▓ 09. Speaking with Wooden Tongues [07:54] ▓█
█▓ 10. One of A Kind (Part 1) [02:09] ▓█
█▓ 11. One of A Kind (Part 2) [04:17] ▓█
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█▓ Musicians: Bill Bruford (drums, log drum), Tim ▓█
█▓ Garland (tenor/soprano saxophones, flute, bass ▓█
█▓ clarinet), Steve Hamilton (piano), Mark Hodgson ▓█
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█▓ Review: ItÆs a wonder why more jazz groups just ▓█
█▓ donÆt record live. Keith JarrettÆs Standards Trio ▓█
█▓ hasnÆt put out a studio recording in over ten ▓█
█▓ years and is the better for it; and Bill BrufordÆs ▓█
█▓ current Earthworks band, which now features the ▓█
█▓ inimitable Tim Garland on assorted reeds and ▓█
█▓ flute, clearly excels at the riskier environment ▓█
█▓ of the concert stage. Even more adventurous than ▓█
█▓ his last recording, the also-live Footloose and ▓█
█▓ Fancy Free, Random Acts of Happiness benefits from ▓█
█▓ an even better recorded sound, and a repertoire ▓█
█▓ that shows the group still growing, interestingly ▓█
█▓ enough as much by looking back as it does by ▓█
█▓ looking forward. ▓█
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█▓ For this release, Garland has taken over the ▓█
█▓ lionÆs share of new compositions, and his penchant ▓█
█▓ for extended composition which has worked so well ▓█
█▓ in his other endeavors, most notably Acoustic ▓█
█▓ Triangle and his Storms/Nocturnes Trio, works to ▓█
█▓ advantage here as well. ôWhite Knuckle Wedding,ö ▓█
█▓ with its long-and-winding melody, also features ▓█
█▓ Garland on flute, which adds another texture to ▓█
█▓ the ensemble. Also, while Earthworks remains an ▓█
█▓ essentially acoustic ensemble, Garland is not ▓█
█▓ afraid to dabble with electronics, using a ▓█
█▓ pitch-shifter to create a somewhat oriental ▓█
█▓ flavour towards the end of the piece; he also ▓█
█▓ pitch-shifts his saxophone on ôSpeaking With ▓█
█▓ Wooden Tongues,ö which may be the most remarkable ▓█
█▓ new piece in the Earthworks songbook, shifting ▓█
█▓ from light counterpoint to intense improvisation. ▓█
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█▓ ôTramontana,ö co-written with pianist Steve ▓█
█▓ Hamilton, as well as ôBajo Del Sol,ö with their ▓█
█▓ Latin-leanings, demonstrate some of the influence ▓█
█▓ that Chick Corea had on Garland while a member of ▓█
█▓ CoreaÆs group, Origin. But in the hands of ▓█
█▓ polyrhythmist Bruford, the pieces become something ▓█
█▓ more as well. In fact, one of the most attractive ▓█
█▓ things about this group is how they create shifts ▓█
█▓ in feel, always keeping things interesting. ▓█
█▓ BrufordÆs mathematical precision on pieces like ▓█
█▓ ôModern Folk,ö coupled with his looser approach on ▓█
█▓ ôBajo Del Sol,ö shows an artist who, considering ▓█
█▓ his already-established stature continues to look ▓█
█▓ for new inspiration and further develop his sound ▓█
█▓ and approach. ▓█
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█▓ Rather than revisit other Earthworks Mark II ▓█
█▓ pieces for the balance of this recording, Bruford ▓█
█▓ has chosen to look back at his twenty-five ▓█
█▓ year-old repertoire, and select earlier pieces for ▓█
█▓ reinvention. ôMy Heart Declares A Holiday,ö which ▓█
█▓ comes from Earthworks Mark I, as well as ôSeems ▓█
█▓ Like a Lifetime Ago (part 1)ö and ôOne of a Kind ▓█
█▓ (Parts 1 and 2),ö which come from his more ▓█
█▓ fusion-oriented period of the late-1970s, prove ▓█
█▓ that strong material is strong material, ▓█
█▓ regardless of the context in which it is placed. ▓█
█▓ It is interesting, in fact, how things that were, ▓█
█▓ at the time, considered to be signature, like ▓█
█▓ Allan HoldsworthÆs guitar or BrufordÆs chordal ▓█
█▓ drums, become completely irrelevant in these new ▓█
█▓ arrangements as the ensemble both pays reverence ▓█
█▓ to the source and takes the material to new ▓█
█▓ places. ▓█
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█▓ Recent announcements that (a) Steve Hamilton has ▓█
█▓ left Earthworks and (b) the band will be actively ▓█
█▓ touring in April lead one to wonder exactly what ▓█
█▓ the future of the band is. What is clear is that, ▓█
█▓ throughout BrufordÆs career, he has been honing a ▓█
█▓ singular concept, and while different band mates ▓█
█▓ will certainly affect how it is realized, that ▓█
█▓ concept will continue to grow. Random Acts of ▓█
█▓ Happiness is another successful juncture ▓█
█▓ signaling, with the departure of Hamilton, the end ▓█
█▓ of one chapter, and with the recruitment of ▓█
█▓ Garland, the beginning of another. ▓█
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