About the album
Ken Thomson (as, bcl), Russ Johnson (tp), Nir Felder (g), Adam Armstrong (b), Fred Kenneday (d)
Time Out/New York called him "The hardest-working saxophonist in new-music show business". Not without reason: Ken Thomson, co-founder of the successful band "Gutbucket", has also composed numerous songs. His latest project is "Slow/Fast". Thomson, who has followed the tradition of John Zorn and taken it further, selected a few of the best in the business for his band.
The collective experience was necessary to understand, play and interpret the compositions on "It Would Be Easier if" and use them as a basis for individual improvisations. Extensive, complex arrangements, which first seem to have been composed for a larger ensemble, are celebrated by the sextet with unbelievable fullness and concentration. Thomson calls the concept "21st Century Third Stream", which really often sounds like a classical chamber ensemble, but which also includes sounds and melodies that only are appropriate to our century. The music has already been performed in several festivals in the USA (Bang On A Can Summer Festival, Northside Music Festival, etc.) as well as in John Zorn's club "The Stone", and the project is also coming to Europe in 2010/11.
- Ken Thomson, mede oprichter van het succesvolle ‘Gotbucket’, komt met een nieuw project genaamd ‘traag-snel’, in de traditie van John Zorn
- Dit album omvat complexe en uitgebreide composities en arrangementen, die vaak op het eerste gehoor klinken als klassieke kamermuziek, maar dan toch jazz blijken te zijn
- Time Out / New York noemde hem “de hardst werkende saxofonist in de nieuwe-muziek showbusiness”
- Ken Thomson noemt deze muziek “21st Century Third Stream”
?The hardest-working saxophonist in new-music show business' nannte ihn das ?Time Out/New York'. Nicht ohne Grund: Ken Thomson, Mitbegr�nder der erfolgreichen Band 'Gutbucket? - die seit �ber 10 Jahren besteht - und Musiker in mehreren anderen Bands, schreibt auch zahlreiche Kompositionen, u.a. f�r 'Bang On A Can? und das 'American Composers Orchestra?. Sein j�ngstes Projekt ist nun also 'Slow/Fast?. Thomson nennt das Konzept '21st Century Third Stream?, das tats�chlich oft wie ein klassisches Kammerensemble erklingt, aber eben auch Sounds und Melodien aufnimmt, die erst in unser Jahrhundert passen. Nachdem die Musik bereits auf mehreren Festivals in den USA, aber auch in John Zorn's Club 'The Stone? zu h�ren war, wird das Projekt 2010/11 auch nach Europa kommen.
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