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Michael Moore - alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, bird calls
Ernst Reijseger - cello
Alex Maguire - piano, bells, bird calls
Michael Vatcher - percussion, hammer dulcimer
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This quartet plays a very idiosyncratic repertoire; a quirky kind of
chamber music - sometimes flowing, sometimes quick changing. |
| "This work begins with an introductory piano solo by Alex
Maguire that quickly darts around before Michael Moore's equally
arresting whinnying on alto saxophone, lustfully building into his
more lonely neighing split-tones before groove-entry; euro-style
swing jazz, free and playful, avant-garde, and unrelenting
joyousness. An upbeat treasure for the world of jazz improv, it never
holds one mood or tempo too long before it moves to another
soundscape. Resolutions segue to new beginnings, with beautiful
woodwinds, low clarinets balancing sax creeping through percussion,
strings and electronic soundscapes. This avant-jazz with all its
quirks and surprises was certainly enough to keep me playing this
wonderfully listenable CD, with all its apparent 'dutchness'
and 'un-dutchness'." LaDonna Smith, The Improvisor, 1993 " |
