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| Gilad Atzmon - In Loving Memory Of America |
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Enja/Tiptoe TIP888 850-2 **** Gilad Atzmon (as, ss, clt), Frank Harrison (p, ky), Yaron Stavi (b), Asaf Sirkis (d) plus the Sigamos String Quartet, Huw Stephen, Emil Chakalov (vln), Rachel Robson (vla) and Daisy Vatalaro (clo). Rec. date not stated Like the best of albums, In Loving Memory Of America works on many levels. Ostensibly it’s a re-imagining of Charlie Parker’s iconic releases with strings. Some of the tracks are done reasonably straight: the opening ‘Everything Happens To Me’ welcomes (seduces?) us in, but swiftly ‘If I Should Lose You’ comes under assault from a scrape of strings, a broken piano chord, a military march… this is Parker (or rather an image of Parker) re-contextualised for our world of shock and awe. But this is subtle shape shifting, not overt obliteration: only the brief, explosively neurotic title track breaks out of the chamber-like intimacies of this meditative, ambiguous, yearning music. Instead, Parker’s melodic grasp and the strength of the original ‘standards’ material proves more than hardy enough to withstand these reappraisals; indeed, the music thrives like a besieged people under assault. And it’s not only Parker in the searchlight. Atzmon’s own material is revisited with help from collaborating arrangers Ros Stephen and John Turville. ‘musiK’ gets a Hermann-esque reworking that is eery, heartfelt. As for Atzmon, those who have heard him only pained, protesting, ironic will find this melodic, disciplined performance a pleasant surprise: there’s real sweetness here, all the more so in contrast to the stripped down power of the Sigamos Quartet. A significant, passionate, gorgeous album which is not only beautiful in itself, but has that rare gift of making us listen afresh to music we once thought we knew, be it Parker, Porter or indeed Atzmon. Andy Robson This is just one review from Jazzwise Issue #128 – to read our full review section of CDs, Boooks, DVDs and Live Reviews click here to subscribe and receive a FREE CD
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