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Rob Mazurek Quintet
Sound Is
Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Pop

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. As if an Angel Fell from the Sky (6:50)
2. The Earthquake Tree (8:53)
3. Dragon Kites (7:06)
4. The Star Splitter (4:38)
5. The Hill (7:52)
6. Le Baiser (The Kiss)(3:15)
7. The Lightning Field (3:31)
8. Cinnamon Tree (4:49)
9. The Dream Rocker (3:05)
10. Beauty Wolf (5:56)
11. Microraptagonafly (6:42)
12. Aphrodite Rising (4:48)
13. The Field (3:03)
14. Nora Grace (0:54)

CD Details

All Artists: Rob Mazurek Quintet
Title: Sound Is
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Delmark
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 3/10/2009
Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Pop
Styles: Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Modern Postbebop, Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 038153058623

Synopsis

Product Description

Jazz cornetist Rob Mazurek consistently pushes beyond the expectations of his listeners, drawing together ideas out of sound, personalities out of space, and fusing color and light into the tones of his music. The debut record of this new quintet, featuring John Herndon on drums (Tortoise, the For Carnation), Matthew Lux on bass guitar (Isotope 217, Iron and Wine) Josh Abrams on acoustic bass (Town and Country, Black Earth Ensemble) and Jason Adasiewicz on vibes (Loose Assembly, Rolldown) pulls together an astounding array of personalities into a seamless and effervescent whole. Sound Is features 14 new Mazurek compositions.

CD Reviews

Rob Mazurek focuses more on the trumpet

Anthony Cooper | Louisville, KY United States | 08/06/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Rob Mazurek's main focus has been on the Chicago Underground (Due, Trio or Quartet) where he will play trumpet and also play a lot of synthesizer, sampler, or other instruments. For "Sound Is" he gathers Jason Adasiewicz on vibes (Mazurek's discs usually have vibes), John Herndon on drums, and Matthew Lux and Josh Abrams on bass. The bassists are credited with electric and acoustic bass respectively, but they don't stand out in the mix, and I don't think they both play on every song. The haunting CD opener, "As If An Angel Fell From The Sky" doesn't use trumpet at all, and Mazurek plays keyboard instead. The rest of the CD has a lot of trumpet. Mazurek has a recognizable style, which he deploys over vibes which sound at times spacy or haunting. The result is a lush, dreamy CD. It's good, too, though Mazurek should have resisted to urge to duet with his toddler daughter on "Nora Grace".

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