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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : Charlie Kohlhase Quintet
t i t l e : Play Free or Die
d a t e : 2003
l a b e l : Boxholder
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Mar-2005
t r a c k s : 11
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 202,1 MB
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Charlie Kohlhase: alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone;
Matt Langley: tenor saxophone;
John Carlson: trumpet, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet;
John Turner: bass;
Eric Rosenthal: drums & percussion.
Recorded live in Maine and Massachusetts in 2001. Released in
2003.
Two cd set from a quintet that's tearing up New England. Shades
of early Ornette, although the direct homages they pay are to
Monk and Sun Ra, with covers of "Crepescule with Nellie" and
"Super Bronze."
Play Free Or Die is old-school music in the best sense. It's
organic, spontaneous, and involving. Melody plays an essential
role. It's rocky, but strangely lyrical at the same time. And
it really does take two discs to span the entire range of the
group's sound, which is a statement in and of itself.
Nils Jacobson, All About Jazz
"The title and accompanying artwork of this double-CD set,
while amusingly dramatic, is nonetheless an honest indicator of
the frame of mind of many of the musicians dedicated to
performing modern jazz improvisation in all its glory. To some
listeners the idea of "freedom" suggests nothing more than
unbridled anarchy ù as described by no less a master of the
genre than Anthony Braxton, something like the sounds of what
happens when the teacher leaves the classroom. To Charlie
Kohlhase and the talented members of his quintet, it is a
freedom to work in areas of their own choosing and interest, to
communicate with ideas from both the heart and the head. The
results, honed down from a series of live performances in 2001,
rarely get anywhere near the sound of an all-out free-form
freak-out. It is a tightly disciplined, intentionally varied
program executed by a quite typical jazz instrumental lineup of
three horns, drums, and bass." - Eugene Chadbourne, All Music
Guide (excerpt)
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or Die disc one
01-Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - Pigpile [07:50]
02-Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - Grasping at Straws [09:26]
03-Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - Doom Is Yours [13:57]
04-Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - Doom Is Mine [10:28]
05-Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - It's Just The Tip of the [09:14]
Icebox
Or Die disk two
01-Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - Super Bronze [07:46]
02-Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - Crepescule With Nellie [03:29]
03-Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - "The 'Mad' Suite" Mad [21:07]
04-Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - Framework [10:09]
05-Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - Play Free Or Die [11:11]
06-Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - The Brink [09:56]
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