CD Reviews: Bruce Eisenbeil - “Inner Constellations”
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Posted by: editoron Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 06:16 PM |
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Glenn Astarita
CD-2007 Nemu Records
This is arguably New York City based guitarist Bruce Eisenbeil’s finest solo effort to date. And he launches the festivities with the title track “Inner Constellation,” which clocks in at forty-seven minutes, but is indexed into twenty-seven parts, noted in the CD booklet. Within this sextet framework, we hear streaming violin passages, supercharged sax choruses, bustling rhythmic escapades, of-kilter blues motifs and intersecting themes. Here and throughout, Eisenbeil’s torrid chord voicings and stinging single note lines provide a razor’s edge component. He also steers the band through variable cadences, often engineered with ascending choruses and soaring trumpet solos by Nate Wooley.
The album presents a consortium of highs, lows, sweet spots, and disparate angles, augmented by the guitarist’s flickering progressions, as bassist Tom Abbs and drummer Nasheet Waits’ often bust loose with punishing, asymmetrical forays. But they temper the flow during “Rain In The Fade,” highlighted by Eisenbeil’s minimalist style acoustic guitar phrasings atop Abbs’ stewing bass lines. No doubt, the band attempts to cover a lot of ground. It’s a continual sonic assault, firmed-up by the musicians’ kinetic performances, that rings something akin to a historical summarization of modern improvised jazz music. – Glenn Astarita
Bruce Eisenbeil: acoustic & electric guitars; Jean Cook: violin; Nate Wooley: trumpet; Aaron Ali Shaikh: alto sax; Tom Abbs: acoustic bass; Nasheet Waits: drums
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