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- Date Released: August 24, 2004
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Contemporary, Fusion
- Label: KOCH Records
A versatile trumpeter gets chamber, free and electronic on this precise quartet session.
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We Say...
Trumpeter-composer Dave Douglas has accommodated about two-thirds of the available jazz modifiers, including "chamber," "straight-ahead," "electronic," "world" and "free." Bow River Falls features an in-sync quartet and touches on the chamber, free and electronic side of things. You probably won't be humming many of its serpentine melodies on your way to work, but you'll remember the album's mood: mostly sunny and lovely yet tinged with a gray omen, like a nature walk where you get lost for a few hours but make it back just before dark. Douglas' playing is precise and expressive, but this is a collaborative effort and all acquit themselves admirably: Peggy Lee on bowed and pizzicato cello keeps one foot in the conservatory and another in the Village Vanguard; Dylan Van Der Schyff's laptop textures are as smart and evocative as his drumming; and reedman Louis Sclavis plays like he's thinking up multiple-choice answers to metaphysical riddles.
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They Say...
Recorded during Dave Douglas' residence as director of the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music in Banff, Alberta, Bow River Falls finds the trumpeter among an intimate small group of his faculty peers, including clarinetist Louis Sclavis, cellist Peggy Lee, and drummer/laptop musician Dylan van der Schyff. Clearly inspired by the epic natural beauty of Banff, Douglas and his fellow musicians create atmospheric and organic pieces that reference '60s free jazz and contemporary classical chamber music. While Douglas' burnished trumpet sigh is the focal point, this is truly a group effort that often calls to mind iconic efforts by Ornette Coleman and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. To these ends, cuts like "Dark Water" and the title track find Sclavis and Douglas utilizing their instruments in unconventional ways, summoning growls, bleeps, and pinched squelches. Similarly, Lee's cello fluctuates between darkly sonorous long tones and high-pitched whines. The laptop inclusions of van der Schyff were done live in the studio and have an organic quality, blending gurgling white noise, static, and other visceral found sounds with his sensitive percussion interplay. Bow River Falls is a highly rewarding listen and ranks with the best of Douglas' recordings.
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| 01. |  |
Blinks |
2:32 |
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| 02. | |
Bow River Falls |
5:12 |
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| 03. | |
Fete Forraine |
5:12 |
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| 04. | |
Window |
4:24 |
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| 05. | |
Maputo |
7:08 |
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| 06. | |
Petals |
5:19 |
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| 07. | |
Retracing 2 |
6:37 |
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| 08. | |
Dernier Regards / Vol |
3:02 |
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| 09. | |
Woman At Point Zero |
8:16 |
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| 10. | |
Dark Water |
5:22 |
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| 11. | |
Paradox |
5:23 |
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11 Total Tracks, 58:27 Total Length
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Credits
- Louis Sclavis - Clarinet // Louis Sclavis - Clarinet // Louis Sclavis - Clarinet (Bass) // Louis Sclavis - Clarinet (Bass) // Annette Benjamin - Graphic Design // Dave Douglas - Main Performer // Dave Douglas - Main Performer // Dave Douglas - Main Performer // Michael Friedman - Post Production // Pablo Mochcovsky - Mastering // Dylan van der Schyff - Drums // Dylan van der Schyff - Voices // Dylan van der Schyff - Producer // John Sorenson - Engineer // John Sorenson - Mixing // Peggy Lee - Cello // Dave Douglas - Trumpet // Dave Douglas - Producer // Dave Douglas - Liner Notes // Lynne Huras - Paintings // Jonathon Stevens - Assistant Engineer
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