a r t i s t : Roswell Rudd-Mark Dresser
t i t l e : Airwalkers
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Clean Feed
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Oct/2007
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 64,3 MB
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Mark Dresser - bass
Roswell Rudd - trombone
You never know enoughö, says trombonist Roswell Rudd in an
interview about his attitude in life and music. He studied
with a master - Herbie Nichols; played Monk with another one -
Steve Lacy; was part of a legendary free jazz combo with the
great John Tchicai, the New York Art Quartet; worked regularly
with Archie Shepp; traveled in Africa to perform with local
musicians, like the Malian kora player Toumani DiabatΘ; and he
recently jammed with the experimental rock band Sonic Youth
and formed an ensemble with Mongolian traditional musicians.
Now, we have this duo session with bassist Mark Dresser, who
like Rudd is a performer and composer with a personal and
distinctive voice. Dresser has a clear love for the duo
format, considering his partnerships with Mark Helias,
Frances-Marie Uiti, Susie Ibarra, Ray Anderson and Denman
Maroney. And in ôAirwalkersö he is in an environment that he
knows how to deal with very well. The two musicians have
complementary approaches: as Rudd shows his fascination for
the musics of the world, so Mark Dresser always expresses in
some way his background in classical music, and the axis of
all this is their musical idiom of choice, jazz, and itÆs
within these parameters that they conceived and played what we
hear on this new album: spontaneous inventions and structures
with dance forms as a basis, be it waltzes, rags, or ballads.
And of course we feel the urge to dance to it, even if what
they do with the chosen conventional styles isnÆt conventional
at all. Can you see the wings on your feet?
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01-Calypso Lite [05:50]
02-Airwalkers (Take 2) [09:46]
03-Pregnant Pauses [03:43]
04-Roz MD [10:24]
05-Duality [04:55]
06-Burst [01:36]
07-Don't Blame Me [07:25]
08-Lovers Waltz [03:25]
09-Airwalkers (Take 1) [11:58]
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59:02 min