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Artist......: David Lord
Album.......: Forest Standards Vol. 2
Label.......: Big Ego
Genre.......: Jazz
Catnr.......: BIG010
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2020-12-12
Str.date....: 2020-10-09
Quality.....: 793 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://www.foreststandards.com
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1. Cloud Ear 4:17
2. Humble Mushroom 3:31
3. Pin Oak 1:59
4. Tubifera 2:17
5. Turtle Mushroom 3:39
6. Conifer Tuft 2:57
7. Epiphyte 1:46
8. Red Bananas 1:53
9. An Amanita 2:14
10. Coltricia 1:18
11. Blue Morpho 4:12
12. Nectaries 3:42
13. Mossy Maze Polypore 2:55
14. Purple Polypore 1:14
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,: Let's get excited by poise, for a change. Wichita, Kansas :,
: guitarist David Lord and his band mates exude a laid-back :
:' elegance with every gesture on Forest Standards Vol. 2, the ':
,: quietly riveting follow-up to 2018's Forest Standards Vol. 1. :,
: With Chicago post-rock and avant-jazz stalwarts Jeff Parker :
:' (guitar) and Chad Taylor (drums), plus bassist Billy Mohler and ':
,: vibraphonist Sam Hake, Lord engages in mellow exchanges of :,
: slanted and enchanted ideas. These lofty players purvey a :
:' clear-eyed introspection redolent of many classic ECM releases, ':
,: and their ingenious interplay will make fans of Tortoise and :,
: Isotope 217 tingle with excitement. The spareness of Lord's :
:' arrangements allows for a kind of miniaturist intricacy and ':
,: beguiling intimacy to flourish. This is jazz as arboreal :,
: meditation retreat, with the group's aural reveries leading to :
:' elevated planes of Zen calm. ':
,: :,
: Lord composed these pieces in the Lydian mode, which, he says, :
:' ôhas always felt like a nature or forest sound to meùespecially ':
,: when adding the extensions of #5 and b9. I love chords that blur :,
: the lines between being beautiful and dissonant. To me, this is :
:' similar to the forest, both beautiful and peaceful and also ':
,: sort of eerie at the same time. The Lydian mode doesnÆt need :,
: conflict and resolution, but rather just exists, complete and :
:' always resolved within itself. I like this philosophy.ö ':
,: The album instantly nudges you into this sense of unconventional :,
: beauty with the eventful ôCloud Ear,ö a species of post-rock :
:' animated by a mutedly ebullient burble. Lord's plangent, ':
,: pointillist spangles flash over a mercurial yet chill rhythmic :,
: bustle, though the song gets psychedelic halfway in, with :
:' Taylor's beats slapping hard and Lord's guitar going fuzzily ':
,: spectral. ôHumble Mushroomö is a complex track that emits rays :,
: of Canterbury-scene prog euphony and pastoral sprightliness, :
:' while on ôPin Oak,ö Lord and Parker generate a beautifully ':
,: corkscrewing melody that caresses your cochleas with a mantric :,
: chime and tick-tock rimshots. :
:' The elegantly tumultuous ôTubiferaö (based on the Miles Davis ':
,: standard ôTune Upö) takes listeners on a jazz-rock odyssey full :,
: of deft rhythmic change-ups and guitar jabs, which leads to :
:' ôTurtle Mushroomö (a rough outline of the Isham Jones standard ':
,: ôThere Is No Greater Loveö), whose pensive peregrinations cast a :,
: mysterious spell, boosted by Hake's hallowed vibes. :
:' ':
,: The duet with Parker, ôAn Amanita,ö exemplifies how Lord's :,
: compositions are essentially puzzles that cohere into alluring :
:' and novel shapes. Based on the John Coltrane standard ':
,: ôCountdown,ö ôColtriciaö is unspeakably pretty but a mere tease :,
: at 78 seconds; it proves that Lord and his mates are masters of :
:' concision, telling their ornate sonic stories and gracefully ':
,: exiting. The glockenspiel-enhanced ôBlue Morphoö might be Forest :,
: Standards Vol. 2's peak, its staggered rhythms and Parker's icy :
:' stream of guitar notes lending it the feel of a Zappa ':
,: meditation from the '70s, but in slow-motion. :,
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