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INTAKT RECORDS

FREE HOOPS

$18.35

Details

Artist
COURVOISIER
Format
CD
Label
INTAKT RECORDS
Released
Sep 18, 2020
Catalog #
ITK351.2
UPC
7640120193515

About

Sylvie Courvoisier presents a new trio album at the height of her mastery and success. "Free Hoops" follows the widely celebrated trio album "D'Agala" which The New York Times counted as among the best records of the year. With every concert and every album this glorious trio's modus operandi becomes more clear - Sylvie Courvoisier, Drew Gress and Kenny Wollesen play morphing music by turns intricately detailed and ambiguously wide open. The music Courvoisier writes is rigorously organized and calls for ensemble precision, as a few thorny unisono heads demonstrate. But the music also harbors a misterioso, dreamlike quality that may surface at any time, induced by a wistful ostinato or moonlit piano arpeggio stubbornly repeated, or by a quiet episode that underscores the depth of the trio's sonic space. They also do that good stuff we prize jazz for - the happy swinging, the coming together when they make complex material sing, and the flying apart when the players explore it on their own.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 Free Hoops (for Mark Feldman) 04:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    Free Hoops (for Mark Feldman)
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Sylvie Courvoisier
    Ensemble
    Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
  2. 2 Lulu Dance (for my cats) 06:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    Lulu Dance (for my cats)
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Sylvie Courvoisier
    Ensemble
    Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
  3. 3 Just Twisted (for John Zorn) 04:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    Just Twisted (for John Zorn)
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Sylvie Courvoisier
    Ensemble
    Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
  4. 4 Requiem d'un songe (Tribute to Claude Thornhil) 07:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    Requiem d'un songe (Tribute to Claude Thornhil)
    Duration
    07:34
    Composer
    Sylvie Courvoisier
    Ensemble
    Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
  5. 5 As We Are (for my mom) 05:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    As We Are (for my mom)
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Sylvie Courvoisier
    Ensemble
    Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
  6. 6 Birdies of Paradise (for Drew Gress) 05:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    Birdies of Paradise (for Drew Gress)
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Sylvie Courvoisier
    Ensemble
    Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
  7. 7 Galore (for Kenny Wollesen) 07:27
    Track
    7
    Title
    Galore (for Kenny Wollesen)
    Duration
    07:27
    Composer
    Sylvie Courvoisier
    Ensemble
    Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
  8. 8 Nicotine Sarcoline 02:21
    Track
    8
    Title
    Nicotine Sarcoline
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Sylvie Courvoisier
    Ensemble
    Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
  9. 9 Highway 1 (for Christine Matthey) 09:03
    Track
    9
    Title
    Highway 1 (for Christine Matthey)
    Duration
    09:03
    Composer
    Sylvie Courvoisier
    Ensemble
    Sylvie Courvoisier Trio