Stem

Stem

2012/01/01, Clean Feed Records ( CF249)

Nate Woolet: trumpet
Rodrigo Pinheiro: piano
Hernâni Faustino: doublebass
Gabriel Ferrandini: drums and percussion

The history of improvised music is full of successful and even magical first encounters, but more common are the occasions in which the musicians don’t have the hability, or the possibility, to find bridges of compatibility among themselves. Even when we’re in presence of great players, it simply doesn’t work. The encounter between American trumpeter Nate Wooley and the Portuguese Red Trio (Rodrigo Pinheiro, Hernâni Faustino and Gabriel Ferrandini) was one of those blessed by musical chemistry. They started to play in a concert right after meeting each other and the building trembled. After that, they recorded this CD and had other performances together, and in every occasion the music was magnificent. In his liner notes, Wooley writes about improvisation as an “utopian art practice”, considering that, this time, they were very close to achieve the ideal degree of a really “democratic social structure”. So, what you have here is a rarity… Use it as such.

Reviews

Ahora, en Stem, prolongan ese espíritu colaborativo con epicentro en el concepto de libre improvisación y composición instantánea que caracteriza al trío pero aumentado por la presencia de uno de los trompetistas más brillantes de nuestro tiempo: Nate Wooley.

El Intruso, El Intruso (2012/27/03)

...há uma superior noção da arte da improvisação, de que “Stem” é revelador espelho fractal.

opdoodles, Op. Doodles (2012/26/03)

Jeżeli więc lubicie taką muzykę, nieprzewidywalną, ale wykrystalizowaną w formie - polecam ten album gorąco.

Laurence, Multikulti Project (2012/17/04)

Each of the five pieces presents a different group axis, often discomfortingly set between the well-marked poles of brash expressionism and coiled reflection.

Clifford Allen, The New York City Jazz Record (2012/27/05)

Stem is the best work to date by Red Trio and the addition of new musicians over the last two outings has only made this group better, inventive and fresh - like aged wine.

Stephan Moore, JazzWrap (2012/12/06)

...it's a fresh and exhilarating listen.

Matt Schulz, The Squid's ear (2012/27/06)

It's an inspired set of freedom sounds.

Greco Applegate Edwards, Gaplegate Music Review (2012/15/06)

Nastup portugalskog RED Trija i trubača Natea Wooleya na Clean Feed festivalu u Njujorku 2010. godine rezultirao je i prvom studijskom saradnjom.

Predrag Vlahović, Jazzin.rs (2012/07/08)

The systematic nonattendance of an orthodox pulse reminds us that we’re dealing with artists who, hopefully, are not going to fall victims of dubious “revolutions” bathed in bundles of banknotes and establishment-regulated festivals.

Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes (2012/08/09)

Dit is een vertoning van muzikale vrijheid met een indrukwekkende focus, discipline en urgentie.

Guy Peters, enola.be (2012/29/09)

...pero en los que tampoco tienen miedo a adentrarse por pasajes abstractos o incluso de un cierto expresonismo.

Pachi Tapiz, Buscando un nombre (2012/06/09)