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  Axel Dorner / Mia Dyberg / Pierre Bore / Ernesto Rodrigues / Tristan Honsinger / Guilherme Rodrigues 
  Laura
  (Creative Sources) 


  
   review by Jeph Jerman
  2018-12-11
Axel Dorner / Mia Dyberg / Pierre Bore / Ernesto Rodrigues / Tristan Honsinger / Guilherme Rodrigues: Laura (Creative Sources)

Sextet improv recordings from a live gig in Berlin in 2017, utilizing two saxophones (Pierre Borel, Mia Dyberg), trumpet (Axel Dörner) and three strings (Tristan Honsinger, Ernesto Rodrigues, Guilherme Rodrigues). One hears plenty of textural rubbing, with a bit of repetition, or a recurrence of idea in places, something you don't hear all that much in improvisation. There's a lot of fairly quick switching from alien sounding extended technique to conventional playing, abetted by quick wits and attentive ears.

The album title Laura makes reference to the 1944 film Laura featuring Gene Tierney, evident from the album cover and from the episodic nature of the pieces. The album as a whole has that kind of cohesion in short bits that conjures up scenes in one's imagination. Some bits sound composed, so of-a-piece is the playing here. There's a general feeling of modern-day chamber music pervading, which is not a bad thing at all.

The titles are all in German, translations of which give a vague picture of the proceedings: "Heat Among All", "Go Together, Laura!", "Where Have You Been?", "The Monster Awakens", "Relieve The Storm"... these give an even larger impression of their cinematic exercise.







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