Double Blues Crossing
Double Blues Crossing
ASIN: B0009I8QC2
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Gerry Hemingway's quintet presents its new, promising Double Blues Crossing, a one-hour trip through the spheres of Hemingway's compositions that promises a great listening experience!
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Double Blues Crossing
Gerry Hemingway Quintet
Manufacturer: Between-the-Lines
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0009I8QC2
Release Date: 2005-09-13 |
Tracks:
- A. Buddy Luckett's Dream By The Dry Grass Pt.1/B. Where The Once Never Blues
- Buddy Luckett's Dream By The Dry Grass Pt.2
- Don't Melt Away Pt. 1 & 2
- It Ain't Slippery But Its Wet
- Joe Cracklin Left This Before The River Got Him
- Rallier
- Night Town/Tent
- Slowly Rising
Album Description
Gerry Hemingway's quintet presents its new, promising Double Blues Crossing, a one-hour trip through the spheres of Hemingway's compositions that promises a great listening experience!
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The Quintet Returns.......2005-09-15
Drummer, composer and bandleader Gerry Hemingway reformed his classic European Quintet for this session. Perhaps best known to casual jazz fans as Anthony Braxton's drummer in his 1980s quartet, Hemingway has a bountiful discography which his old European Quintet takes up a hefty chunk of. While now spending more time with his American quartet and other, smaller ensembles, Hemingway decided it was time to reform this classic group to tackle some new material with some new techniques. Although Hemingway has integrated sampling technology into his acoustic units in the past, perhaps most successfully on his "Perfect World" suite from 1996, (which also featured a similar quintet line-up) here he uses it with a newfound subtlety and nuance that borders on the sublime.
The album's self-titled centerpiece, a seven part suite, launches the album utilizing this technology. Beginning with the scratchy rhythm of an old vinyl record playing folksy fiddle tunes, this sample is embellished by loops and delays until Kermit Driscoll enters on electric bass with a line that complements the sampled phrase. The rest of the ensemble chimes in with a buoyant riff eventually leading into quiet improvisation, call and response sections and solo cadenzas. The suite features bluesy smeared trombone lines, frenzied cello work-outs, stately clarinet improvisations and the sort of written ensemble counterpoint that is typically reserved for advanced chamber music. The sampling makes a reprise at the close of the suite to conceptually bring it full circle.
"Night Town/Tent" is the most "classical" sounding piece on the record, its pointillistic classicism featuring delicate marimba playing and metered string responses. Frank Gratkowski's jaunty Dolphy-esque bass clarinet solo opens "Rallier" until the rest of the band gradually enters to build from soaring lines to a monstrous swinging riff. It is reminiscent of Hemingway's old quintet writing and a joy to hear again. Featuring an elastically modulated rhythm that veers from casual swing to manic flight, the piece is a tour de force for the ensemble including a phenomenal drum solo from the leader.
"Slowly Rising," closes the album on a pleasantly familiar note. A folksy African Highlife of sorts with a pleasantly laconic beat, poppy bass, simple cello ostinato counterpoint and gentle theme and variations soloing between the horns, it is becoming something of a tradition in Hemingway's discography. Both 1996s "Perfect World" and 2003s "Devil's Paradise" closed with similar pieces.
Hemingway's music is complex, but at its core, it is also heartfelt and truly beautiful. A welcome return and immediately enjoyable in a way that some advanced avant garde music is not, here's hoping that "Double Blues Crossing" finds the audience a talented artist like Hemingway deserves.
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Double Crossing Blues
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Manufacturer: House of Blues
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ASIN: B000006OWH
Release Date: 1998-05-12 |
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- Battle Of The Blues - Wynonie Harris & Joe Turner
- Spoonful - Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf & Bo Diddley
- High Heel Sneakers - Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
- Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own - Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald
- My Man Blues - Bessie Smith & Clara Smith
- Yes, Baby - Big Mama Thornton & Johnny Ace
- The Blues Will Do Your Heart Good - Cephas & Wiggins
- I Wanna Hot Dog For My Roll - Butterbeans & Susie
- 'Cause I Love You - Rufus Thomas & Carla Thomas
- Red River Blues - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Love My Baby - Bobby Bland & Junior Parker
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Double Crossing Blues - Livin' in the House of Blues
Lonnie Brooks , Koko Taylor , Wynonie Harris , Joe Turner , Bo Diddley , Howlin' Wolf , Buddy Guy , Junior Wells , Louis Jordan , and Ella Fitzgerald
Manufacturer: Platinum/HOB
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Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000FTE7H8 |
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Double Crossing Blues - Livin' in the House Of Blues //
1. If The Price Is Right - Lonnie Brooks & Koko Taylor
2. Battle Of The Blues - Wynonie Harris & Joe Turner
3. Spoonful - Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf & Bo Diddley
4. High Heel Sneakers - Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
5. Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own - Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald
6. My Man Blues - Bessie Smith & Clara Smith
7. Yes, Baby - Big Mama Thornton & Johnny Ace
8. The Blues Will Do Your Heart Good - Cephas & Wiggins
9. I Wanna Hot Dog For My Roll - Butterbeans & Susie
10. 'Cause I Love You - Rufus Thomas & Carla Thomas
11. Red River Blues - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
12. Love My Baby - Bobby Bland & Junior Parker
13. Let The Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee
14. I Wanna Go Home - Charles Brown & Amos Milburn
15. I Got Men All Over This Town - Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson
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