Cosa Brava: Ragged Atlas
Ragged Atlas
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- Label: Intakt, 2008
- Bestellnummer: 7157928
- Erscheinungstermin: 20.8.2010
+ Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt, Zeena Parkins u.a.
Cosa Brava is a quintet formed in March 2008 in Oakland, California by multi-instrumentalist and composer Fred Frith (Henry Cow, Skeleton Crew, Keep the Dog). Fred Frith's career began as a folk and later rock musician – he co-founded Henry Cow in 1968 – but has since diversified into a number of different genres, from avant-jazz to contemporary classical music. He has written scores for film and dance, and music for orchestras and string quartets. But, like a lot of musicians, the idea of "genre" is not really very interesting to him anyway!
The motivation behind the formation of Cosa Brava arose out of Frith's love of rock music in general and songs in particular. He said, "Over the years I’ve done a lot of improvising, and composed a lot of music on paper. I’ve written for orchestras and string quartets, directed ensembles of improvisers of all descriptions, produced scores for dance and film. I even somehow became a Professor of Composition! But I really miss what you can do with a rock band. I miss developing material through the push and pull of cooperative rehearsals, I miss what happens when you move away from “the parts” and start formulating things with a collective ear, I miss the single-minded commitment to a group identity. The musicians in Cosa Brava can improvise, read scores, AND rock the house. … Like I say, if you pick the right players, chances are the music will take care of itself.” (intaktrec. ch)
"As a debut of music that transcends time and genre, Ragged Atlas stands as one of 2010's most auspicious debuts." (allaboutjazz. com)
"Ragged Atlas enthält dreizehn wundervolle Klangperlen, allesamt Frith-Kompositionen, die auf seltsame Art gleichzeitig eingängig und schräg wirken und dabei ganz unterschiedliche Stile vereinen. Nach recht rockigem Auftakt folgt unvermittelt ein mittelalterlich anmutender Round Dance, mit R. D. Burman geht es in indisch anmutende Gefilde, Falling Up (For Amanda) zeigt plötzlich Art-Pop-Tendenzen, bei For Tom Zé sind Swing und Latin angesagt. Selbst vor Country-Anleihen (The New World) schreckt das Quintett nicht zurück!" (babyblaue-seiten. de)
The motivation behind the formation of Cosa Brava arose out of Frith's love of rock music in general and songs in particular. He said, "Over the years I’ve done a lot of improvising, and composed a lot of music on paper. I’ve written for orchestras and string quartets, directed ensembles of improvisers of all descriptions, produced scores for dance and film. I even somehow became a Professor of Composition! But I really miss what you can do with a rock band. I miss developing material through the push and pull of cooperative rehearsals, I miss what happens when you move away from “the parts” and start formulating things with a collective ear, I miss the single-minded commitment to a group identity. The musicians in Cosa Brava can improvise, read scores, AND rock the house. … Like I say, if you pick the right players, chances are the music will take care of itself.” (intaktrec. ch)
Rezensionen
"As a debut of music that transcends time and genre, Ragged Atlas stands as one of 2010's most auspicious debuts." (allaboutjazz. com)
"Ragged Atlas enthält dreizehn wundervolle Klangperlen, allesamt Frith-Kompositionen, die auf seltsame Art gleichzeitig eingängig und schräg wirken und dabei ganz unterschiedliche Stile vereinen. Nach recht rockigem Auftakt folgt unvermittelt ein mittelalterlich anmutender Round Dance, mit R. D. Burman geht es in indisch anmutende Gefilde, Falling Up (For Amanda) zeigt plötzlich Art-Pop-Tendenzen, bei For Tom Zé sind Swing und Latin angesagt. Selbst vor Country-Anleihen (The New World) schreckt das Quintett nicht zurück!" (babyblaue-seiten. de)
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 Snake eating its tail
- 2 Round dance
- 3 Pour Albert
- 4 R.D. Burman
- 5 Falling up (for Amanda)
- 6 Out on the town with Rusty, 1967
- 7 Lucky thirteen
- 8 Blimey, Einstein
- 9 The new world
- 10 Tall story
- 11 For Tom Zé
- 12 A song about love
- 13 Market day