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Wolfert Brederode Quartet: Post Scriptum
ByPost Scriptum builds on Currents's strengths, as time and experience has honed a clearer group sound. Unlike Currents, whose 11 tunes came solely from Brederode's pen (with the exception of one collaboration with Abbuehl), Post Scriptum leans towards greater egalitarianism, with Eilertsen contributing three of its fourteen pieces, and clarinetist Claudio Puntin and drummer Samuel Rohrer each getting one credit apiece. So attuned are the four players, however, that even though some of the material has been heard beforeboth the softly driven "Wall View" and rubato tone poem, "Aceh," first appeared on Eilertsen's own Radio Yonder (Hubro, 2009)here, with bass clarinet and piano replacing tenor saxophone and electric guitar, the overall complexion is considerably darker and richer, with Rohrer adopting a gentler approach to time than Radio Yonder's fiery Olavi Louhivuori.
Brederode's writing continues to explore a myriad of lyrical concerns. The opening "Meander" sounds of a kind with Currents' "Common Fields," though it's clear the pianist's pen has become firmer, more assured. Beginning alone with a series of delicate arpeggios, the group patiently coalesces around Brederode as the song assumes more definitive form, with Puntin the lead voice on a serpentine melody that crystallizes into a lengthy solo section, first for Puntin, then for Brederode, building in dramatic intensity, driven by Eilertsen's spare but perfect choices, and greater drive from Rohrer. Eilertsen's near-vocal arco winds a space-filled melody over a gently persistent eighth-note piano pulse on "Angelico," double-bass slowly intertwining with clarinet as the dynamics build and a curious percussive texture, sounding like it comes from a voice but so buried in the weeds as to be difficult to discern.
The session's overall sound may, in part, be the result of recording at France's Studios La Buissonne this time, rather than Oslo's legendary Rainbow Studioor it may simply be the quartet's greater collective aplomb, combining free-spirited interpretive beauty with unexpected moments of angularity, and a disposition that favors melody and construction over pyrotechnics. Post Scriptum not only affirms the individual strengths of its players, but the increasing confidence and delicate abandon of a whole far exceeding the sum of its not inconsiderable parts.
Track Listing
Meander; Angelico; November; Post Scriptum; Hybrids; Inner Dance; Aceh; Post Scriptum, var.; Brun; Sofja; Augenblick in der Garderobe des Sommers; Silver Cloud; Wall View; Silver Cloud, var.
Personnel
Wolfert Brederode
pianoWolfert Brederode: piano; Claudio Puntin: clarinets; Mats Eilertsen: double-bass; Samuel Rohrer: drums.
Album information
Title: Post Scriptum | Year Released: 2011 | Record Label: ECM Records
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About Wolfert Brederode
Instrument: Piano
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