Art Aviation

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Product Description Saxophonist/composer Jane Ira Bloom has been internationally recognized as one of jazz music’s most insightful and commanding visionaries. Her unique and innovative combination of music, technology and motion have made her one of jazz music’s most daring pioneers. ART & AVIATION embodies all these qualities and more. ART & AVIATION is the seventh of her critically acclaimed recordings. This album took much longer to develop than her previous recordings and when asked why, she responded, “Translating my thoughts about space and motion through the language of jazz hasn’t been an overnight experience. I think it’s taken time for the acoustic and electronic elements of the music to find expression in a way that is natural for the players.” In addition to Jane on soprano sax & live electronics, ART & AVIATION features: the reknowned flugelhorn and trumpet player Kenny Wheeler, and jazz greats Rufus Reid/ bass, Jerry Granelli/ drums & elektro-acoustic percussion, Michael Formanek/ bass, Ron Horton/ trumpet and Kenny Werner/ piano. The album consists largely of original compositions by Bloom as well as jazz standards that she has arranged. Review Art & Aviation is not only one of Jane Ira Bloom’s finest albums, it is also a remarkably successful (and fairly early) attempt to bring electronic influences to bear on acoustic jazz. Bloom’s writing is strongly infused with a straightahead jazz aesthetic. But she veers left on many cuts, altering her soprano sax sound with live electronics and also having drummer Jerry Granelli double on electro-acoustic percussion. While most tracks still sound very much like jazz, the electronics, while never becoming obtrusive, give everything an unpredictable edge. “Most Distant Galaxy” and the title track are Bloom’s most radical departures, but there are electronics aplenty, even on her subtle reworking of Thelonius Monk’s “Straight No Chaser.” The inimitable trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, who makes relatively few sideman appearances, shares the frontline with Bloom. Ron Horton, who would later go on to join the Jazz Composers Collective, replaces Wheeler on two cuts. Pianist Kenny Werner also appears on two tracks — the only ones to feature a chordal instrument. On all the others, alternating bassists Rufus Reid and Michael Formanek sketch out the harmony while laying down the bottom. The complex, angular soprano/trumpet unison lines heard on many of the pieces call to mind the harmonically free sound of Ornette Coleman’s early recordings with Don Cherry. This holds true especially on “Gateway to Progress,” “I Believe Anita,” and a wonderful reinvention of “Body and Soul” titled “Hawkins’ Parallel Universe.” But Bloom is not copying Coleman at all; rather, just as Coleman did, she is pushing jazz into new, similarly controversial areas, without sacrificing musicality for a second. ~ David R. Adler, All Music Guide — David R. Adler, All Music GuideTo Each Her Own: One of Ten tough-minded women who create individual rules for success. Saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom — Wendy Cole,Time Magazine, Fall 1990
About the Artist Soprano saxophonist/composer Jane Ira Bloom is a pioneer in the use of live electronics and movement in jazz, as well as the possessor of “one of the most gorgeous tones and hauntingly lyrical ballad conceptions of any soprano saxophonist – Pulse.” She is the recipient of numerous composition and performance grants including a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship in music composition. Winner of the 2007 Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Award for lifetime service to jazz, the 2008 Jazz Journalists Association & Downbeat International Critics Poll for soprano sax, the International Women in Jazz Masters Award, the IAJE Charlie Parker Fellowship for jazz innovation, Bloom was the first musician ever commissioned by the NASA Art Program and was honored by having an asteroid named in her honor by the International Astronomical Union (asteroid: 6083janeirabloom). She has recorded and produced 13 albums of her music dating from 1977 to the present. In 1976 she founded her own record label & publishing company (Outline Music) and later recorded for ENJA, CBS, Arabesque, & Artistshare Records. Her latest CD Mental Weather appears on her original Outline label. Jazz critic Nat Hentoff has called Bloom an artist “beyond category.” Bill Milkowski has described her as “A true jazz original…a restlessly creative spirit, and a modern day role model for any aspiring musician who dares to follow his or her own vision.” Ver más
Peso
2.83 Onzas
Dimensiones
5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 pulgadas
Fabricante es Arabesque Recordings
La calificación que le dan a Art Aviation, 2 usuarios es de 5.0 sobre 5 estrellas.