Wind Power
* Sonore: II-II (28.0 mb)
From Live At The Goethe Institute : Sept 03, 2004 : Toronto, ON
Sometimes I feel like such a complete lame ass. Over the course of one and a half weeks, Brotzmann was in town celebrating the 10 year anniversary of his landmark group, The Chicago Tentet (look here). And for some reason, I couldn’t get it together enough to go see them. With a variety of small groups, big groups and everything in between, it really promised to be an incredible opportunity to see the best of the free jazz scene in Chicago. And I didn’t go to a single concert.
One of the groups that I really wanted to see was this one, Sonore. Composed of Peter Brotzmann, Ken Vandermark and Mats Gustafsson on various reeds and wind instruments, this line up has long been a favorite of mine. All three are at the top of their games and are master improvisers. They create amazing, long-form textures with their instruments and absolutely blow my mind. So here’s a song from a concert back in 2004 to remind me to get my act together and see shows when I can.
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Pelle said,
December 17, 2007 @ 12:39 am
Although hardly mainstream, this was surprisingly melodic to come from these guys I must say. Not sure if that’s good or bad, but I do appreciate the overt playfulness. In fact, this song almost makes me giggle at times..
cb said,
December 17, 2007 @ 10:02 am
that’s what I love about these guys. Although they work in the improv format, they’re still able to have a certain musicality and melodic sensibility in their work.