Bradfield/Centazzo/Chadbourne / Environment for Sextet
Album: | Environment for Sextet | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Bradfield/Centazzo/Chadbourne | Added: | Nov 1995 | |
Label: | New Tone Records |
Recent Airplay
1. | Mar 16, 2001: | Umami Jazz Program
First Environment for Sextet |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-04-08
Reviewed 2004-04-08
1978 session featuring some giants: John Zorn, Eugene Chadbourne, Tom Cora. Zorn's clarinet is prominent, with lots of short skronks and clicks. Lots of spaces and silence in here -- the group tends towards a sparser sound punctuated by sudden loud bleats, like flash bulbs in the dark.
Overall sound is abstract, improvised in the European model.
Tracks 2 and 4 are called "solo" but they seem to include most of the group. Not sure what's up with that.
Disc was re-released in late 2003.
1- Opens fast and blurry, a beehive for 2.5 minutes. Then spare, near-silent improv that builds back into restrained activity.
2- Busy blast ... then sparse
3- Angry but sparse. Lots of pauses.
4- A slower feel, often quiet.
5- Duet: Zorn & Drums. Calmly rattling
Overall sound is abstract, improvised in the European model.
Tracks 2 and 4 are called "solo" but they seem to include most of the group. Not sure what's up with that.
Disc was re-released in late 2003.
1- Opens fast and blurry, a beehive for 2.5 minutes. Then spare, near-silent improv that builds back into restrained activity.
2- Busy blast ... then sparse
3- Angry but sparse. Lots of pauses.
4- A slower feel, often quiet.
5- Duet: Zorn & Drums. Calmly rattling
Track Listing
1. | First Environment for Sextet | 4. | Solo Improvisations #2 | |||
2. | Solo Improvisations | 5. | Improvviso Iii (Duet) | |||
3. | Second Environment for Sexte | . |