The first recording for the New York-based trio formed in 2017 by Germany/NY saxophonist Charlotte Greve, Brooklyn-based bassist Chris Trodini and drummer Vinnie Sperazza, all three composing for the band as they integrate composed structures and improvised sections with an ear towards lyrical interplay, create a diverse and optimistic first outing of buoyant jazz.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2020 Country: Switzerland Packaging: Jewel Case Recorded at Brooklyn Recording, in Brooklyn, New York, on April 26th, 2018, by Michael Brorbry.
"The Choir Invisible, presents a highly anticipated debut album on Intakt Records. With Charlotte Greve, Vinnie Sperrazza and Chris Tordini, this trio, oscillating between improvisation and composition, brings together three significant voices from Brooklyn's creative music scene. "The Choir Invisible not only does everyone have equal rights, they also have equal responsibilities, as accompanists and soloists. All three are both melody and sound. The trio began playing without discussing anything at first. Over time all three then brought compositions along, which allowed them to strike varying paths and led to some highly distinctive tracks. No endless, boundless improvisations; instead a symbiosis of spontaneous currents and the urge for structure. The Choir Invisible might nicely describe the potential of a band which, with three instruments, manages to envisage enormous diversity, and much that is not spoken or played can be imagined or heard in our inner ear. In the far dimensions of the trio shines the polyphony of a choir. Euphoric yet rooted in daily life/"-Bert Noglik, from the liner notes
"The music on The Choir Invisible, presented by the musical equilateral triangle of saxophonist Charlotte Greve, drummer Vinnie Sperrazza and bassist Chris Tordini, presents the ear with a simple yet often intense beauty. Three strong sonic personalities exploring uncluttered territory. The trio, all of whom are busy members of the New York City jazz scene, formed their The Choir Invisible in 2017. This eponymous album is their first recording.
When the subject of an alto sax, bass and drums band is mentioned, Ornette Coleman always comes to mind. A flexible music untethered by a chordal instrument. But The Choir Invisible is more melodic, less angular, more elastic in approach, and the three players share an equality of input in the creations of the sounds.
Songwriting duties are shared. Greve claims the first three slots: the uplifting, insistently mysterious "Chant," the beautiful, brief, searching "These Materials," giving way to "Low," with its ominous bass/drums dirge. "1.7," from Tordini's pen, has a less-than-planet-Earth gravitational pull, with Greve's mesmeric alto sax riffing, while drummer Sperrazza's "Change You Name" drifts in a dreamlike atmosphere.
Tordini's "e(" opens with a deliberate bass solo that gathers momentum before Greve blows in with a catchy melody. Greve's "Daily Task" is presented as a slightly fractured, stop-and-start story, and the set's title tune is one of the more pensiveÑand perhaps the prettiestÑfour minutes of the album, a time-stands-still reverie that serves as the perfect closer for The Choir Invisible's debut."-Dan Mcclenaghan, All About Jazz