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Quoan - Brian Walsh, Sam Minaie, Daniel Rosenboom & Mark Ferber: Fine Dining
ByThey kick the proceedings off with "The Last," which is built on a North African type cadence firmly rooted in the jazz space amid airy horns and bassist Sam Minaie's (Tigran Hamasyan, Ravi Coltrane) surging lines. Moreover, drummer Mark Ferber (Lee Konitz, Norah Jones) executes cyclical patterns followed by trumpeter Daniel Rosenboom (Burning Ghosts, Vinny Golia) and clarinetist Brian Walsh (Meredith Monk, Nils Cline) who up the ante with a hyper-mode onslaught and climactically oriented dialogues.
The audiophile sound quality is an added treat, since the quartet's full force comes at you with tornadic intensity. And "Fist" is a piece developed with crazy complex choruses and Ferber's ricocheting rimshots as "Capitol Absurdity" promotes visual aspects via surreal tonal swashes. Here, the proceedings transform into a power-packed bop episode, heightened by the hornists' fluid and bouncy phrasings and Ferber's poetic drum solo, segueing into a blazing finale. In sum, Quoan's valiant disposition, energized performances, and ferocious improvisational acumen offers much more than your standard meat and potatoes jazz stew.
Track Listing
The Last; Shunyata; Demicolon; Fine Dining; Moon Cage; Gnomish; Fist; 216; Witch's Butter; Legislation; Capitol Absurdity; Braids and Brooms.
Personnel
Dan Rosenboom
trumpetBrian Walsh: clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet; Daniel Rosenboom: trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn; Sam Minaie: bass; Mark Ferber; drums.
Album information
Title: Fine Dining | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Orenda Records
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