Joel Harrison String Choir - The Music of Paul Motian (2010)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 55:13 | 283 MB
Genre: Modern Creative, Contemporary Jazz | Label: Sunnyside | Catalog: SSC 1273
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 55:13 | 283 MB
Genre: Modern Creative, Contemporary Jazz | Label: Sunnyside | Catalog: SSC 1273
Having a String Choir perform The Music of Paul Motian is certainly an attention-grabber if one knows anything about Paul Motian's contributions to the jazz world. Motian is a veteran drummer and a composer, not a member of a chamber group (although he started out on guitar early in his career before making the drums his main instrument). So what does a Motian-related project have to do with strings? This early-2010 recording, it turns out, finds guitarist Joel Harrison paying tribute to Motian with the help of fellow guitarist Liberty Ellman and a string quartet consisting of Christian Howes and Sam Bardfeld on violin, Dana Leong on cello, and Mat Maneri or Peter Ugrin on viola.