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The Decisive Moment by Robin Rimbaud
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Album Title: Blink Of An Eye
Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2010
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About the Album
The best possible retort to the benighted, tunnel-vision-afflicted doomsayers who have been going around declaring jazz dead since before many of today's greatest jazzers were even born is to point them towards Thirsty Ears Blue Series. For several years now, its been the labels mission with this series to blaze a new trail for jazz by combining traditional musical values with cutting-edge electronic techniques. The process has resulted in some of the finest, most forward-looking jazz albums of the last decade. The latest installment is Blink of an Eye, which pairs British electronic artist Scanner with an all-star ensemble led by pianist Matthew Shipp and vibes man Khan Jamal. The combo dubs itself the Post Modern Jazz Quartet in a nod to the legendary Modern Jazz Quartet, positioning itself as the next link in the chain, pushing jazz forward into another era and a new musical space. Toward this end, Robin Scanner Rimbauds input proves invaluable. If the foursomes own lively post-bop interplay was simply presented as is, it would make for an impressive album in and of itself, but Scanner takes the sounds the quartet generates and filters them (literally) through a modern-day electronica sensibility, tweaking and warping them in wondrous, surprising, and often subtle ways.
Tracks
Shadow Splice; Blues In C; A Galaxy Of Winking Dots; Not A Frame Earlier Or Later; Involuntary Reflex; Most With the Least; Dreaming Of You At My Side; The Decisive Moment; Cuts And Shadows; Beyond The Edge Of The Frame.
Personnel
Robin Rimbaud
turntableAdditional Personnel
Robin Rimbaud: producer; Khan Jamal: vibraphone; Matthew Shipp: piano; Michael Bisio: bass; Michael Thompson: drums.
Reviews
- Blink of An Eye by Lyn Horton
- Blink Of An Eye by Mark Corroto
Date featured
November 24, 2010
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