REVIEW: SFQ - THIRTEEN RECTANGLES

 

SFQ - THIRTEEN RECTANGLES (Bruce´s Fingers Recs., 2002 )

Produced By: Simon H. Fell

Tracks: 1- Start Frame + soft hard (interpolation 1), 2- Rectangle 1, 3- Rectangle 2, 4- Rectangle 3, 5- Rectangle 4 & 5, 6- Rectangle 6, 7- Rectangle 7, 8- Soft Hard (interpolation 2), 9- Rectangle 8, 10- Rectangle 9, 11- Rectangle 10, 12- Rectangle 11 & 12, 13- Rectangle 13, 14- Soft Hard (interpolation 3)+ end frame

Cover Art by Simon H. Fell

Recorded at Gateway Studio 

Here we have new experimentation from Simon H. Fell and friends. This time the context is closer to standard jazz and makes the experimentation and improvisation a little bit more accesible to ears that are not accustomed to them. Here the piano played by Alex Maguire is playing improvised lines and melodies while the winds section is doing the most extreme sounds. Simon Fell´s double bass pays from walking bass lines to improvised phrases interacting really well with drummer Steve Noble (who is the one that changes rhythms really often here taking the band to new rhythmic lands). It is incredible how this musicians can experiment freely and at the same time don´t loose control of what they are playing, being really coherent and full of virtuosism.

Favorite tracks: "Rectangle 2", "Soft Hard (interpolation 2)" and "Rectangle 6"

Contact: www.brucesfingers.com