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a r t i s t : Paul Rutherford
t i t l e : Chicago
d a t e : 2002
l a b e l : EmanemCD4082
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : november/2005
t r a c k s : 04
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 103,2 MB
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reviews
Paul Rutherford, Chicago 2002
(Emanem)
...the kind of stuff that gets people hooked on
improvisation...
Paul Rutherford
Chicago 2002
(Emanem)
Last year, Emanem released Trombolenium (1986-1995), an
impressive series of snapshots of Paul Rutherford's improvised
trombone solos. In the sleeve notes of that album, Emanem boss
Martin Davidson welcomed Rutherford's recovery from his
serious illness of 2001 and also said it might be time for a
new solo record. Well, here it is. It records Rutherford's
appearance at the Empty Bottle Festival in Chicago, in which
he performed solo and in a septet. Even more than with his
recent contribution to Amassed by Spring Heel Jack, it
confirms that Rutherford is in fine fettle.
The solo track here, "Bottling Up", lasts for over half an
hour. In that time, at his own pace, Rutherford demonstrates
his strengths; a variety of tones (not least his beautiful,
vulnerable, human tone), his use of the full range of his
instrument, his lucid, flowing phrases, his focus, his energy.
As Spring Heel Jack's Ashley Wales said of Rutherford's solo
playing recently, "He is playing beautiful notes, notes you
recognise, sequences you recognise. Some of it sounds like
Vaughan Williams".
Rutherford's sense of occasion and sense of humour also shine
through as he quotes a phrase from "Strangers in the Night"
(no, I didnt believe it either!) - maybe there was some
essence of Sinatra in the Chicago air that night...
In the septet, Rutherford is joined by Chicagoans Jeb Bishop
(trombone), Fred Lonberg Holm (cello and electronics) & Kent
Kessler (double bass), Swedes Mats Gustafsson (tenor sax) and
Kjell Nordeson (percussion), plus Britain's own Lol Coxhill
(soprano sax) - remarkably, only on his second visit to the
USA.
The first of three septet pieces, "Loliloquy", is a showcase
for Coxhill. It slowly gathers momentum and has a melancholy
air to it until an unaccompanied solo feature for Lol midway
through. But it's the final three minutes of the piece that
really kickstart the septet and set the pulses racing, as all
seven players engage in a bout of full-tilt all-out blowing -
the kind of stuff that gets people hooked on improvisation
(or, yes, totally alienates others!)
On the other two septet pieces, "Blue Bottle" and "Bottle Out"
(typical Emanem titles), Rutherford himself is more prominent,
but the level of intensity and whole group interaction is
consistently maintained. It may be unfair to single out
particular players, but Gustafsson's raw, throaty tenor and
Lonberg-Holm's use of electronics and distortion both grab the
attention. Thrilling stuff.
Reviewer: John Eyles
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01-Bottling Up [31:52]
02-Loliloquy [14:28]
03-Blue Bottle [19:43]
04-Bottle Out [11:18]
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77:21 min