An extended, warm and lyrically rich conversation between New York cornetist Kirk Knuffke and bassist Michael Bisio, recorded in the Park West Studio in Brooklyn, comfortably adept and filled with accomplished technical skill, their dialog flows easily through a variety of moods and topics, a joyful convergence of adventurous playing that never leaves the listener behind.
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Kirk Knuffke-cornet
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Label: NoBusiness
Catalog ID: NBCD 158
Squidco Product Code: 32529
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2022
Country: Lithuania
Packaging: Jewel Case
Recorded at Park West Studio, in Brooklyn, New York, on September 17th, 2020, By Jim Clouse.
"The music coming through Kirk Knuffke and Michael Bisio is a living form of poetry manifest in sound. An extended dance of breathing and stepping through fields of rhythm and texture..."-William Parker, from the liner notes
"Cornetist Kirk Knuffke and double bassist Michael Bisio have recently gotten together again; this time, just the two for a tête-à-tête entitled For You I Don't Want to Go. This could be considered the follow-up to their Row For William O. encounter from 2016, though the two has more often collaborated together with cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm. Moreover, earlier this year the two released a trio album under Knuffke's leadership with Matthew Shipp in place of Longberg-Holm.
But now, we're back at the heart of this long-running alliance and the instinctual interaction between the two that makes their duets much more than just an exchange of chops; it's a very personal engagement of two souls painting musical art together.
For You I Don't Want to Go is actually an album-length single, consisting only of the 36-minute track "For You I Don't Want to Go / Sea Wamp." From the outset of the lone performance, Bisio shows off his inimitable flair for devising bass lines that are as adventurous as a solo while locking down the traditional bass duty of maintaining a pulse and covering the low end.
Put another way, Bisio comps and leads simultaneously very effectively. Knuffke's cornet is so lyrical and he has a way of bringing out the expressive tonality of that horn such that you know it's a cornet and not it's close cousin, the trumpet.
Throughout the piece, the pair are chasing and reacting to each other, reading each other like a book and make real melodies from thin air, never reaching for random notes. Many times they settle on a simple groove and mine it for all it's worth then gracefully move on to the next motif pulled out of the ether. There are also some lovely passages where each take the stage alone, such as Bisio's sawed bass performance around the twenty-one minute mark.
"Improvised" does not mean "unlistenable," it means the opposite for the best improvisors such as Knuffke and Bisio. And it's unique to these two; their mutual encounters with Longberg-Holm and Shipp don't result in quite the same music. That's why For You I Don't Want to Go chronicles another chapter in the special partnership between Kirk Knuffke and Michael Bisio."-by S. Victor Aaron
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• Show Bio for Kirk Knuffke "Cornetist and Composer Kirk Knuffke is the winner of Downbeat Magazine's "Rising Star"critics poll for 2015. A recipient of the Jerome Foundation composers grant, Kirk has released 15 recordings as a leader or co-leader. "One of modern jazz's most skilled navigators of the divide between inside and outside, freedom and swing", he has "full command of his most demanding instrument" - All About Jazz. Kirk placed in the top five in the World in the El Intruso critics poll and was one of 6 nominees for Trumpeter of the year by the Jazz Journalist Association. Matt Wilson, Allison Miller, Butch Morris, Uri Caine, Michael Formanek, and many more have hired him as a sideman for over 60 recordings, he has been called "One of New York City's busiest musicians" - New York Times. Knuffke has been based in NYC since 2005. Shortly after his arrival Knuffke began playing with Butch Morris, this friendship resulted in 4 recordings and several European tours. Kirk joined the celebrated Matt Wilson Quartet in 2009, recording "Gathering Call" (Palmetto) featuring John Medeski and touring each year. 2016 brought Matt Wilson's "Beginning of a memory" Palmetto, which received 5 stars in Downbeat Magazine. Michael Formaneks "The Distance" ECM was also awarded 5 stars this year. Knuffke also plays in "Sifter" with Mary Halvorson and Wilson, Ideal Bread, Allison Miller's "Boom Tic Boom", Todd Sickafoose's "Tiny Resistors" and groups led by Ray Anderson, Uri Caine, Mark Helias, Bill Goodwin, Karl Berger and Ted Brown to name a few. "Arm and Hands" a recent release garnering praise from every major Jazz publication as 4 Stars in Downbeat magazine review and Sunday New York Times. The Following CDs "Little Cross" Steeplechase records and "Lamplighter" Fresh Sound Records have also received much praise. Kirk Has had feature articles in Downbeat Magazine, Jazz Times, Germany's "Sonic", and Denmark's "JazzSpecial" among others." ^ Hide Bio for Kirk Knuffke • Show Bio for Michael Bisio "Michael Bisio, bassist/composer, has eighty five recordings in his discography, twenty four of these are split evenly between leader/co-leader, ten of them document his extraordinary association with modern piano icon Matthew Shipp. Michael has been called a poet, a wonder and one of the most virtuosic and imaginative performers on the double bass. Nate Chinen in the New York Times writes : "The physicality of Mr. Bisio's bass playing puts him in touch with numerous predecessors in the avant-garde, but his expressive touch is distinctive;..." As a composer Michael has been awarded nine grants and an Artist Trust Fellowship Collaborators include Matthew Shipp, Joe McPhee, Charles Gayle, Connie Crothers, Whit Dickey, Ivo Perelman, Barbara Donald, Newman Taylor Baker, Rob Brown, Sonny Simmons and Sabir Mateen." ^ Hide Bio for Michael Bisio
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Track Listing:
1. For You I DonÔt Want To Go / Sea Wamp 36:54
Improvised Music
Jazz
Free Improvisation
NY Downtown & Metropolitan Jazz/Improv
Duo Recordings
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