James Carney – Green-Wood (2007)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 65:34 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 3,29 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 2,59 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,24 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Songlines Recordings # SGL SA1566-2
Keyboardist James Carney’s dream group features a four-horn frontline: two saxes, a trumpet and a trombone. The music he’s given his starry band of improvisers to interpret on 2007’s Green-Wood is beautifully crafted and intensely grooving in various feels, from second line and funk to 6/4 and complex time signatures. Inspired by the whole tradition, Carney’s aesthetic unites the jazz mainstream and avant-garde, blending musical derring-do with a post-bop-meets-chamber-music-and-rock lyricism. His band delivers with individuality and relish, while the high resolution recording makes the most of earcatching voicings, timbres and textures. It’s obvious both from his words and his music that Carney’s enthusiasm and energy is tempered by great thoughtfulness and reverence for the art form.
Winner of the 1999 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composers Award and the LA Weekly “best jazz artist” award in 2002, James Carney moved from LA to NYC in 2004 and proceeded to put together his dream group featuring a 4-horn frontline: two old friends from his student days at CalArts, Peter Epstein and Ralph Alessi, and new acquaintances Tony Malaby and Josh Roseman. His guys deliver with individuality and relish, while the hi-res recording and a cool surround mix make the most of ear-catching voicings, timbres and textures.
One of the most promising jazz composers and keyboardists, James Carney moved from Los Angeles to New York in November 2004. Since that time he has increased his visibility and played with many top local musicians, including the six on this CD. While there are moments in Carney’s music where one is reminded a little of the inside/outside music of Keith Jarrett’s 1970s American quintet, most of Carney’s writing is more advanced and quite unpredictable, following a logic of its own. Each of the horn players has his moments in the spotlight but the complex ensembles, the impressionistic themes, and Carney’s versatile work on piano and electric keyboards make Green-Wood particularly special. Thus far, all of James Carney’s recordings are high-quality examples of modern creative jazz.
Tracklist:
01. Power
02. Smog Cutter
03. It’s Always Cold When You’re Leaving
04. Shame
05. Williwaw
06. In Lieu of Crossroads
07. The Poetry Wall
08. Half the Battle
Personnel:
James Carney – acoustic and electric pianos, analog synthesizer, orchestra bells
Peter Epstein – soprano saxophone
Tony Malaby – tenor saxophone
Ralph Alessi – trumpet
Josh Roseman – trombone
Chris Lightcap – bass
Mark Ferber – drums
Note:
Recorded on June 24-25, 2006.
Analogue Recording Mixed in 24/88 & Mastered to DSD.
SACD ISO
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DSF
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