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Bob Downes Open Music - Electric City (1970) Japan Remastered 2007

Posted By: hill0

Date: 22 May 2016 11:30:51

Open Music was Bob Downes' debut album, recorded for the Philips label in 1969 and his impact on the UK scene was such that he was voted top place in the flute category of the Melody Maker jazz poll's British musician section for three consecutive years from 1972. It has until now never been reissued on CD and rare vinyl copies have attracted high sums in second-hand markets. Although Downes is best known for his flute playing, he is a genuine multi-instrumentalist, playing no fewer than seven instruments on this album, including the less conventional, acetate paper.The recording's centerpiece is "Dream Journey." The piece— which received its premiere by Ballet Rambert on November 27, 1969 in London—runs just over twenty minutes. Divided into two parts, the first eleven minutes of the track are devoted to flute and percussion, with special emphasis on the sporadic, dramatic interspersions of timpani. The whole piece is very cinematic and reflects music of a more classical nature, but the second half is considerably more jazz informed. The ensemble sax sections are dynamically engaging, underpinned by acoustic bass and drums building to repeated crescendos with Downes providing an exciting flute solo.

The next five tracks are either solo flute, flute and drums, or flute, drums, and bass. These largely improvised tracks are predominantly quiet, ruminative pieces dominated by Downes' intricate flute. However, "Ghosts in Space" is more structured with a strangely hypnotic head defined by flute, arco bass, and drums, while the middle collective improvisation section is enlivened by Downes screaming in the noisier parts. The final track, "Electric City" which was to give its name to a succeeding album, recorded by Downes for Vertigo (1970), is effectively a jazz-rock piece. Again, Downes inserts some scat singing—or more accurately, shouting—all against a backdrop of ostinato bass guitar, Chris Spedding's unmistakable guitar work, and wild multi-tracked saxophones, all conjuring up an exciting mêlée of sound. This album surely explains Downes high-ranking in the Melody Maker polls. Open Music is an unusual and innovative collection of flute mastery.

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Tracklist:

1. No Time Like The Present
2. Keep Off The Grass
3. Don't Let Tomorrow Get You Down
4. Dawn Until Dawn
5. Go Find Time
6. Walking On
7. Crush Hour
8. West II
9. In Your Eyes
10. Piccadilly Circles
11. Gonna Take A Journey

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Musicians

Bob Downes: vocals, tenor/alto saxes, alto/concert flutes, bedee, mouthpieces
Dave Brooks: tenor sax
Don Faye: baritone sax
Nigel Carter: trumpet
Kenny Wheeler: trumpet
Bud Parks, Harold Beckett, Ian Carr: trumpet/flugelhorn
Ray Russell: guitar
Chris Spedding: guitar
Herbie Flowers, Daryl Runswick, Harry Miller: bass guitar
Dennis Smith: drums
Alan Rushton: drums
Clem Catini: drums
Robin Jones: conga and timbales

All thanks go to cozzmick

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