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Chicago heavyweight bassist Harrison Bankhead in his long-overdue debut as a leader, a sextet that journeys through beautiful and eclectic jazz styles from the atmospheric to compelling grooves. |
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product information:
Label: Engine Catalog ID: e039 Squidco Product Code: 14566 Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2011 Country: USA Packaging: Cardstock Gatefold Sleeve Recorded on April 11th, 2010 at Fullerton recording studios, Chicago, IL. Personnel: Harrison Bankhead-bass Ed Wilkerson:-tenor saxophone, clarinet, alto clarinet, Didgeridoo Mars Williams-alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone, clarinet, autoharp, wooden flute James Sanders-violin Avreeayl Ra-drums, percussion, wooden flute Ernie Adams-percussion Highlight an artist name or instrument above and click here to Search
track listing:
1. Morning Sun/Harvest Moon 6:06 2. Chicago Señorita 6:17 3. East Village 5:17 4. Over Under Inside Out 6:13 5. Red Is The Color In Jean-Michel Basquat's Silk Blue 12:28 6. 22nd Street Hustle (In Memory Of Fred Anderson) 9:42 7. Flying Through Your Dreams 10:21 8. A Sketch Of Leroy Jenkins 2:21
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sample the album:
:Harrison Bankhead is a first call bass player for Chicago jazz heavyweights such as Roscoe Mitchell, Richard Muhal Abrams, and Fred Anderson (rest in peace), and Engine Studios is proud to put out his long overdue debut recording as a bandleader. Considered by more than a few to be one of the top five bass players on the planet, Morning Sun Harvest Moon reflects HarrisonÕs love of transcending genre and playing whatever unfolds when he gets with musicians. Morning Sun Harvest Moon opens with the title track where wooden flutes commune before the onset of a mournful violin melody with slow clarinet long tones and bowed bass weaving it all together. Taking a Cheech and Chong groove and adding violin and percussion solos, BankheadÕs sextet moves into funkier territory with ÔChicago SenoritaÕ. There is a raucous intro and Caribbean bass lines in ÔEast VillageÕ and a classic free jazz wind up on ÔOver Inside and OutÕ. The last six tracks on the record were recorded as two 20+ minute spontaneous pieces where a musical idea came up, was explored, and then briefly paused before another idea busted out. Instruments rotate, the dynamics of the improvisation breathes and it is shot through with drums, Latin percussion and melody. The theme is that there is no one theme but it all works together due to tight ensemble playing led by Harrison Bankhead who steps out of from being the sideman for some heavy cats towards establishing himself as a Chicago sound to be heard."-Engine  At The Squid's Ear! |
