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dc.date.accessioned2012-12-13T08:23:09Z
dc.date.available2012-12-13T08:23:09Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/31748
dc.subjectSound recordingsv
dc.subjectJazzsv
dc.titleMarilyn Mazur: Celestial circlesv
dc.title.alternativeCelestial circlesv
dc.type.svepartistic work
dc.contributor.creatorJormin, Anders
art.typeOfWorkSound recordingsv
art.relation.publishedInECM 2011sv
art.description.projectProject “Celestial Circle” is the recording debut of the band of the same name. First assembled for Marilyn Mazur’s season as artist-in-residence at Norway’s Molde Jazz Festival in 2008, the group has since become a popular institution on the concert circuit, and the present disc, recorded in Oslo’s Rainbow Studio in 2010 is issued on the eve of a European tour. It’s a band of diverse strengths and changing moods, song-oriented but also instrumentally expressive. Organically percussive, too, with Mazur’s panoply of drums and gongs and cymbals and bells a source of natural melody and evocative texture. Pianist John Taylor, in his first ECM session in several years, is keyed at all times to the inflections of Josefine Cronholm’s voice, framing it with his characteristic harmonic sophistication and elegant lyricism. Anders Jormin’s bass provides a dark undertow, anchors the music, moves freely in the improvised sections... Even in its quietest moments the group conveys a great deal of musical information.sv
art.description.summaryJosefine Cronholm: voice John Taylor: piano Anders Jormin: double-bass Marilyn Mazur: percussion, drums, voice Marilyn Mazur’s work has always expressed a free-spiritedness beyond idioms and borders. Born in New York, raised in Denmark, she has contributed powerfully to improvisation on both sides of the Atlantic, and her resume has included stints with Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and Gil Evans as well as 14 years on the road with the Jan Garbarek Group. In recent years her own groups have been the primary focus and the adventurous, song-oriented “Celestial Circle” has been active since 2008. The present disc is the group’s first recording. Material intersperses songs and instrumentals penned by Mazur with collectively improvised trios and duos. Singer Josefine Cronhom (who previously worked with Mazur in the Percussion Paradise ensemble) has her ECM debut here and old friends John Taylor and Anders Jormin make welcome returns.sv
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