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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : Brotzmann-Mcphee-Kessler-Zerang
t i t l e : Tales Out Of Time
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : HatOLOGY #589
g e n r e : Free Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Sep-2004
t r a c k s : 11
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 119,1 MB
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Peter Br÷tzmann - alto & tenor sax
Joe McPhee - tenor sax, pocket trumpet, cornet
Kent Kessler - double bass
Michael Zerang - drums & percussion
Ueber-lunged German saxophonist Peter Br÷tzmann teamed up with
American vanguard legend Joe McPhee (who plays alto, tenor,
trumpet, and pocket cornet here), bassist Kent Kessler, and
drummer Michael Zerang (four-tenths of the Tentet Br÷tzmann
toured and recorded with in the late '90s) for a single day of
exchanging tunes and improvising in June 2002. McPhee and
Br÷tzmann are perfect foils for one another on the front line.
They both have requisite force, but McPhee is also a
chameleon's player; he understands what lies in the spaces and
knows how to make the most of it. His own compositions here,
which account for over half the album, stress the kind of joint
front-line melodies and close harmonics that create inner space
in a tune -- just check his two-part "Stone Poem" and his
"Anticipation of the Next," dedicated to departed bassists
Peter Kowald and Wilbur Morris, for evidence. Br÷tzmann offers
some surprises here in his pieces as well, not the least of
which is his reformulation of a hymn Thelonious Monk recorded
shortly before his death, originally entitled "This Is My
Story, This Is My Song." Titled "Blessed Assurance" here, it
takes the hymn, moves through its changes twice, and
extrapolates them through his solo and the band's collective
improvisation. McPhee's trumpet is the perfect complement and
the pair sound like Albert and Don Ayler swinging their
chariots toward the heavenly gates. Likewise, the beautiful
art-damaged composition "Pieces of Red, Green, and Blue"
(supposedly written about a museum experience he and Br÷tzmann
shared) offers killer honking saxophone phrases that are
repeated, striated, warped, turned inside out and back on
themselves, and finally exploded into intense and inspired
group interplay. This is a fiery and yet accessible date that
showcases many aspects of the two men not only as players, but
as composers as well.
URL: http://www.hathut.com
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01-Stone Poem No.1 [03:16]
02-Something There Is That Doesn't Love [06:01]
03-Master Of A Small House [07:22]
04-Cymbalism [05:54]
05-Alto Lightning In A Violin Sky [05:53]
06-From Now Till Doomsday [06:46]
07-Do You Still Love Me-Did I Ever? [12:07]
08-In Anticipation Of The Next [06:09]
09-Blessed Assurance [04:11]
10-Pieces Of Red, Green And Blue [08:01]
11-Stone Poem No.2 [02:24]
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68:04 min
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