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Dennis Rea: Views from Chicheng Precipice
By Track review of "Three Views from Chicheng Precipice (after Bai Juyi)"The album opener "Three Views from Chicheng Precipice (after Bai Juyi)," establishes Rea's distinct Asian paradigms, integrated with percussion, strings, woodwinds and off-kilter metrics. He incorporates a myriad of tonal contrasts into his writing, and intersperses dashes of blues and rock into the slightly humble overtones. With textural treatments and his airy, ethereal and distortion-laced lines, the guitarist reformulates the primary melody throughout, and helps finalize the piece with fuzz-toned phrasings, in unison with the strings section. Having spent time in Asia, Rea's insightful interpretations of Asian music is broadly morphed into a nouveauand largely, fascinatingprogram.
Track Listing
01. Three Views From Chicheng Precipice; 02. Tangabata; 03. Kan Hai De Re Zi; 04. Aviariations on "A Hundred Birds Serenade the Phoenix"; 05. Bagua.
Personnel
Dennis Rea
guitarDennis Rea (chitarre, melodica, kalimba, scacciapensieri, dan bau); Alicia Allen (violino); Greg Campbell (batteria e percussioni); Ruth Davidson (cello); James Dejoie (flauti, clarinetto basso); Caterina De Re (voce); Stuart Dempster (trombone, conchiglie); Will Dowd (batteria e percussioni); Elizabeth Falconer (koto); John Falconer (shakuhachi); Jay Jaskot (batteria); Paul Kikuchi (percussioni); Kevin Millard (baliset).
Album information
Title: Views from Chicheng Precipice | Year Released: 2010 | Record Label: Moonjune Records
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