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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : Christian Brazier
t i t l e : PΘrΘgrinations
d a t e : 1997
l a b e l : Bleu Regard
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Feb-2005
t r a c k s : 11
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 89,8 MB
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CHRISTIAN BRAZIER: bass
SOPHIE AGNEL: piano
SUNNY MURRAY: drums
RASUL SIDDIK: trumpet
Bassist Christian Brazier is much or more of a composer than he
is a bandleader. His quartet here with Sunny Murray (drums),
Sophie Agnel (piano), and Rassu Siddik (trumpet) certainly
matches Brazier's flair for the dramatic side of the vanguard.
On 11 compositions ranging over the new jazz terrain, Brazier
creates a series of soundscapes where the roles get blurred and
the surfaces are washed over with a dynamic that is less
familiar than it should be.
Brazier, for one, is not afraid of 20th century European
classical music, and its figures and dynamics weigh heavily in
his compositions. His reliance, like Butch Morris, on
controlling the atmosphere for improvisation -- as on "The Long
Route," "Dilemma," and "Portrait Africain" -- is as much MO as
it is a compositional device. Brazier knows what he looks to
get from the this group of players in particular, and he does,
even from the freest and hardest-to-control of his bandmates,
the indomitable Sunny Murray. Murray, on all of the
aforementioned compositions and a couple of others, pushes the
notions of tempo and time to their outer limits, dragging the
soloists to the very line Brazier has written for them and once
in a while across it. His own drumming careens and clashes with
Brazier's mannered bassing so thoroughly, it's as if they were
born to play counterpoint with one another. This is an
incredible record of dialogue, argument, refutation, and often
resolve that carries the new jazz firmly into the realm of
classical motifs and then leaves them both panting in the dust.
Recommended. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
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01-Soliloque [01:34]
02-Deuxieme monde [05:20]
03-Dilemme [00:49]
04-La longue route [12:53]
05-Bivouac [00:32]
06-Lent de mains [06:25]
07-Sauve qui peut [02:50]
08-Peregrinations [08:03]
09-Portrait africain [05:59]
10-Monolithe [01:48]
11-Archipel [07:49]
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54:02 min
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