Artist: Nels Cline
Title: New Monastery (A View Into The Music Of Andrew Hill)
Date: 2006
Label: Cryptogramophone CG130
Quality: MP3 VBR 256 Kbps
Size: 133,2 Mb
From allmusic.com:
Review by Thom Jurek
If Otomo Yoshihide can interpret Eric Dolphy and Marc Ribot can do Albert Ayler, then why not Nels Cline doing Andrew Hill — who is still alive and creating marvelously, with his recordings in the current century clear evidence of this. As Cline describes his approach in the liner notes, this most certainly is not a tribute record or an attempt to completely re-create Hill's music. The transcriptions came from recordings rather than notated sources. He also writes that the bandmembers — like many of Hill's ensembles — do not play on changes (in "Dedication" and the medley "Yokada Yokada/The Rumproller" — a bit of humor tossed in — they do, but nowhere else). The band includes Cline on guitars, Ben Goldberg on clarinets, Bobby Bradford on cornet, Andrea Parkins on accordion and sonics, Devin Hoff on bass, drummer Scott Amendola, and Alex Cline playing drums on "Dedication" and "Compulsion." This is an unusual lineup, but then, perhaps the music, interpreted as it is here from nearly all of Hill's periods, demanded it. There are four medleys, so Cline could get as much in as possible. The opening set, which blends "McNeil Island" with "Pumpkin," is held together by the general restraint of the ensemble and Bradford's muscular cornet. In the medleys, the band is much freer, and engaging a sense of humor that has always been in Hill's work but is generally not considered — although in the next track, "Not Sa No Sa," the free playing reaches a peak with Parkins barging through the mix with her accordion and Cline playing his fiery, distorted best. ... Read More...
1 McNeil Island/Pumpkin Hill 6:22
2 Not Sa No Sa Hill 8:57
3 No Doubt/11/8/Dance with Death Hill 23:35
4 Yokada Yokada/The Rumproller Hill 4:52
5 Dedication Hill 8:06
6 Reconciliation/New Monastery Hill 10:33
7 Compulsion Hill 11:11
Catalog #
2006 CD Cryptogramophon 130
2006 CD Cryptogramophon 130
Scott Amendola Percussion, Drums
Joshua Blanchard Assistant Engineer
Bobby Bradford Cornet
Rich Breen Engineer, Liner Notes, Mastering, Mixing
Alex Cline Percussion, Cover Design
Nels Cline Guitar, Arranger, Cover Design, Effects
Jeff Gauthier Producer, Liner Notes
Ben Goldberg Clarinet
Devin Hoff Double Bass
Gareth Jiffeau Cover Design
Reid Miles Photography
Andrea Parkins Accordion, Effects
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