REVIEW: FREEDOM OF THE CITY 2001 - SMALL GROUPS

 

FREEDOM OF THE CITY 2001 - SMALL GROUPS (Emanem Disc, 2002)

Produced by Martin Davidson

Recorded at the Freeedom of the City Festival

Tracks: CD 1: 1- Smibramar A; 2- Smibramar B; 3- Smibramar C; 4- WesedsanA; 5- Wesedsan B; 6- Wesedsan C; 7- Nickrahug A; 8- Nickrahug B; 9- Nickrahug C

CD 2: 1- Tho 1; 2- Tho 2; 3- Wrewashugdur 1; 4- Wrewashugdur 2; 5- Butber A; 6- Butber B; 7- Butber C; 8- Minrustur; 9- CoxRut; 10- CoxMinRusRutRur

This is a recording also done in the Freedom of the City 2001 Festival. But this 2 CD set consists in recording of small ensembles (and two solo pieces by the great Pat Thomas on piano). As always there are great musicians envolved in thsi projecys like Lol Coxhill, Phil Durrant, Veryan Weston and many others. There are excellent improvisations through all the CDs and I liked specially the Maggie Nicols (voice, tap dancing), Caroline Kraabel (alto sax, voice)and Charlotte Hug (viola) which experiments a lot with voices, uncommon instrument combinations and tap dancing. An excellent recording of this great Festival that I hope some day will come to Buenos Aires.

Favorite tracks: "Wesedsan B"; "Butber C" and " Nickrahug A".

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