CD TIPP: John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble – All Can Work / New Amsterdam Records .. Der erste Anwärter auf die CD des Jahres !
Ok, nach gut 10 mal hören … Was sind das für wunderbare Melodien, so komplexe Arrangements und wie toll klingt diese Band ! Überhaupt was John Hollenbeck an Musik für seine verschiedenen Ensembles schreibt ist wirklich überragend. Macht Euch die Mühe und hört seine verschiedenen Veröffentlichungen an. Es lohnt sich !
” John Hollenbeck’s All Can Work is an album of awe-inspiring majesty…Hollenbeck delivers layer after layer for listeners to explore. Shimmering horns, beautifully placed punctuations and little sonic surprises abound. It’s wonderfully complex music played beautifully, with precision and abandon, by a band that has spent a good deal of time together.”
— Frank Alkyer, Downbeat Magazine
“Mr. Hollenbeck, an idiosyncratic drummer and sonic architect, likes to let sounds float around and connect at various angles, misplacing and de-ordering things. In the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, the variety of textures involved is plainly remarkable. So is the range of emotional registers: His music can be dirge-like, ludic, abstracted — sometimes multiple things at once. Those are among the big joys of “All Can Work,” an arresting new album from the ensemble.”
— Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times
…. Eine kleine Randbemerkung. Leider ist die Tonqualität nicht angemessen. Also wenn es aus euren Boxen knarzt, die sind nicht Kaputt … Schade. Da war anscheinend die Technik etwas überfordert ….
Ben Kono soprano/alto/tenor sax, flute
Jeremy Viner clarinet, tenor sax
Tony Malaby tenor/soprano sax on 3, 6
Dan Willis tenor sax, clarinet
Anna Webber flute, tenor sax on 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
Bohdan Hilash clar/bass clarinet, bass sax, tubax
Mark Patterson trombone
Mike Christianson trombone
Jacob Garchik trombone, euphonium on 8
Alan Ferber trombone on 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Jeff Nelson trombone on 1, 7, 8
Tony Kadleck trumpet, flugelhorn
Jon Owens trumpet, flugelhorn
Dave Ballou trumpet, flugelhorn
Matt Holman trumpet, flugelhorn
Chris Tordini acoustic, electric bass
Matt Mitchell piano, organ, keyboard
Patricia Brennan vibes, marimba, glockenspiel
John Hollenbeck drums, composition
Theo Bleckmann voice
JC Sanford conductor