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CD Reviews: Eisenbeil / Kugel/Robinson / Evans / Greene “Carnival Skin” CD-2006: NEMU Records
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Posted by: adminon Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 06:22 PM |
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By Glenn Astarita
Recent modern jazz startup, NEMU Records is fronted by German drummer Klaus Kugel and others. With classy packaging and audiophile sound engineering in place, recordings such as this newly issued studio set communicate new directions in jazz. It’s partly about freedom of thought segueing into structure, and craftsmanship. Throughout the preponderance of this session, trumpeter Peter Evans and clarinetist Perry Robinson engage in concise and sonorous unison choruses atop the rhythm section’s buoyant grooves.
Guitarist Bruce Eisenbeil’s flickering and frenetic single note licks provide an intersection for the quartet’s disparate twists and turns. With staggered flows and zealous soloing, the musicians venture into various musical planes via boisterous evolvement and an upbeat gait. And it’s all spiced-up with elements of wit and whimsy, as they contrast the musical climate by occasionally tempering the flows. However, the band is apt to render a series of gingerly climactic passages leading to a full-fledged sonic assault, abetted by expansion and contraction style techniques. In sum, the music offers a refreshing perspective on the current state of modern jazz amid the improvisational aspects that provide the prerequisites for success. – Glenn Astarita
Bruce Eisenbeil: guitar; Klaus Kugel: drums; Perry Robinson: clarinet; Peter Evans: trumpet, piccolo trumpet; Hilliard Greene: double bass
www.nemu-records.com
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