George Haslam, Richard Leigh Harris, Stefano Pastor, Harry Beckett, Steve Kershaw - Holywell Session: Live In Oxford (2007)
George Haslam, Richard Leigh Harris, Stefano Pastor, Harry Beckett, Steve Kershaw - Holywell Session: Live In Oxford (2007)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 323.88 Mb | 65:15 | Cover
Free Jazz, Free Improvisation | Label: Slam Productions - SLAMCD 324
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 323.88 Mb | 65:15 | Cover
Free Jazz, Free Improvisation | Label: Slam Productions - SLAMCD 324
A quanto pare la Holywell Music Room di Oxford è una sala dall'acustica ottima, non nuova ad ospitare concerti di musica improvvisata, come questo che è stato registrato il 17 settembre 2006. A tale proposito afferma Stefano Pastor: "Ricordo che non facemmo prove del suono prima del concerto, in quanto si tratta di uno spazio acusticamente perfetto, e non definimmo per nulla il programma; avremmo solo improvvisato per tutto il concerto".
È appunto il violinista italiano, approdato per la prima volta in Inghilterra, a mettersi in evidenza nei primi due brani: il suo fraseggio, sostenuto con adeguata discrezione dal pianista e dal contrabbassista, evolve leggero e limpido, quasi sornione, con grande musicalità. "Part 3", a carico soprattutto dei due fiati (la tromba dalla pronuncia sfibrata di Harry Backett ed il baritono burbero e bonario di George Haslam) presenta spunti melodici addirittura struggenti e un modo di incedere che ricorda il jazz californiano. "Part 4", che vede il quintetto al completo, rappresenta l'improvvisazione più lunga, articolata in episodi ora mossi ora calmi. Altre aggregazioni e situazioni musicali si concretizzano negli ultimi tre brani, senza però derogare dallo spirito di conviviale, rilassata naturalezza, che anima i cinque musicisti riuniti in questa inedita formazione.
In conclusione, Holywell Session è un CD di improvvisazione radicale molto anomala e, proprio per questo, di attraente originalità. Un'improvvisazione che si sviluppa in modo disteso, con un senso melodico e ritmico a volte molto vicino a certo jazz classico, senza perseguire quel rifiuto categorico delle suggestioni melodiche, quella ricerca intenzionale di esasperati effetti timbrici e di disgregati processi dinamici, che sono divenuti la cifra distintiva (e talvolta soluzione manieristica e di comodo) di questo genere musicale. ~ review by AAJ ITALY STAFF
Baritone Saxophone, Tárogató – George Haslam
Double Bass – Steve Kershaw
Mixed By, Mastered By – Stefano Pastor
Piano – Richard Leigh Harris
Producer – George Haslam, Stefano Pastor
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Harry Beckett
Violin – Stefano Pastor
Track List:
1. Part 1 (7:59)
2. Part 2 (8:13)
3. Part 3 (9:24)
4. Part 4 (13:39)
5. Part 5 (8:10)
6. Part 6 (4:47)
7. Part 7 (12:59)
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George Haslam, Stefano Pastor / Holywell Session Live In Oxford
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George Haslam, Stefano Pastor / Holywell Session Live In Oxford
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