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Recording in Brooklyn, the trio led by Venezuelan guitarist Juanma Trujillo, with Costa Rican bassist Kenneth Jimenez and New York drummer Gerald Cleaver, merge avant jazz, heavy rock grooves with a Sonny Sharrock flavor, and abstract almost chamber jazz, a fascinating combination of contrasts that keeps the boundaries of their contours flexible and masterfully unpredictable.
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Juanma Trujillo-guitars
Kenneth Jimenez-upright bass
Gerald Cleaver-drums
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UPC: 5609063006148
Label: Clean Feed
Catalog ID: CF614
Squidco Product Code: 32935
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2023
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at Douglas Recordings, in Brooklyn, New York, on June 6th, 2021, by Irving Gadoury.
"Venezuelan guitarist and composer Juanma Trujillo has been an active member of the international jazz and improvised music scene playing in groups with artists such as Francisco Mela, Ras Moshe, William Parker, Billy Martin, Mimi Jones, Ra Kalam Bob Moses and Arturo O'Farrill among others. Trujillo has developed a personal playing style that embraces many musical lineages from jazz, rock and Latin American music to improvised music and noise, he continually strives to innovate amongst his contemporaries while also incorporating the mastery of his predecessors into his forward-leaning artistic explorations.
A prolific bandleader, Contour marks the fourth release from Trujillo. A splendid trio date with bassist Kenneth Jimenez and master drummer Gerald Cleaver. The recording documents the ensemble's very first meeting in the studio with no prior rehearsal or discussion and captures the exhilarating feeling of these musicians getting to know themselves in real time. "It worked out like an informal session, I brought a couple of very simple and open musical sketches to play along with a few improvised pieces" Trujillo explains.
Cleaver and Jimenez prove to be sympathetic bandmates, capable of generating great intensity as well as nuanced and subdued events of enigmatic beauty. "I've listened to Kenneth and Gerald a lot and it was such a thrill to be playing and hear that remarkable quality that I associate with them, where every conceivable direction is fair game" says the bandleader. And that kind of unified diversity is perhaps the strongest characteristic of the recording, a rewarding sonic journey through moments of buoyant rhythm, open space, explosive chaos and textural depth that reveals new elements with each listen."-Clean Feed
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• Show Bio for Juanma Trujillo "Juanma Trujillo. Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, guitarist Juanma Trujillo has performed with several important Venezuelan bands and artists including El Regaño, Domingo en Llamas, Gustavo Medina, Monsalve y los Forajidos. In 2005, he moved to Los Angeles, California and had the pleasure of performing regularly at major Los Angeles music venues with Gary Fukushima, Gary Pratt, Michael Mull, Brandon Sherman and Emilio Terranova among others. Since moving to New York City in 2014 Juanma has been an active member of the Jazz and Improvised music scene, playing in groups with artists such as Francisco Mela, Ras Moshé, Mimi Jones, Guillermo Gregorio, Nick Grinder, Rebecca Sullivan, Ethan Helm, Leonor Falcón, Juan Pablo Carletti, Christof Knoche, and Andrew Schiller among others. Juanma's activity in multiple musical ensembles has enabled him to perform in various venues all over the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Venezuela, Austria and Slovenia. Juanma has positioned himself at the forefront of cutting edge improvisational and experimental creative music. He has the ability to generate emotive and powerful musical statements that transcend the scope of typical structures, analysis, or preconceived systems, and engage not only the ears, but the mind and spirit as well. Because of his boundless curiosity and constant study, he is capable of working comfortably and successfully in many genres of music. His compositions are challenging, clear, cohesive and profound. Juanma continually strives to innovate amongst his contemporaries while also incorporating the mastery of his predecessors into his forward-leaning artistic explorations." ^ Hide Bio for Juanma Trujillo • Show Bio for Kenneth Jimenez "Originally from Costa Rica, Kenneth Jimenez is a bass player and composer currently based in New York City. He's performed and recorded with artists like Francisco Mela, Michael Attias, Gerald Cleaver, Joe Morris, Angelica Sanchez, Ingrid Laubrock, Satoshi Takeishi, Hery Paz, Christopher Hoffman, Marta Sanchez, Stephen Scott, Brian Lynch, Gary Campbell, and others. He was a part of the 2017 Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, under the direction of renowned pianist Jason Moran.He has performed at important venues nationally and internationally. Some of those include the Millenium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, The Jazz Gallery, Bar Lunatico, Bar Next Door and Barbes in New York City, the Olympia Theater in Miami and the National Theatre in San Jose, Costa Rica, among others. "Sonnet to Silence" is the name of his quartet project. It features Hery Paz, Angelica Sanchez & Gerald Cleaver." ^ Hide Bio for Kenneth Jimenez • Show Bio for Gerald Cleaver "Gerald Cleaver (born May 4, 1963) is an African-American jazz drummer from Detroit, Michigan. Cleaver's father is drummer John Cleaver Jr., originally from Springfield, Ohio, and his mother was from Greenwood, Mississippi. Gerald had six older siblings. Cleaver joined the jazz faculty at the University of Michigan in 1995. He has performed or recorded with Joe Morris, Mat Maneri, Roscoe Mitchell, Miroslav Vitous, Michael Formanek, Tomasz Sta ko, Franck Amsallem and others. Under the name Veil of Names, Cleaver released an album called Adjust on the Fresh Sounds New Talent label in 2001. It featured Maneri, Ben Monder, Andrew Bishop, Craig Taborn and Reid Anderson and was a Best Debut Recording Nominee by the Jazz Journalists Association. Cleaver currently leads the groups Uncle June, Black Host, Violet Hour and NiMbNl as well as working as a sideman with many different artists." ^ Hide Bio for Gerald Cleaver
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Track Listing:
1. Oil Tank 1:25
2. Core 4:11
3. Bolt Cut 1:23
4. Hope 11:20
5. Castaway 5:27
6. Sludge 7:41
7. Rumination 7:34
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