Brooklyn Sax Quartet: Far Side of Here (OmniTone 12206)
Fusing
classic modern American jazz with newer sounds and rhythms drawn on African
and Asian influences, the Brooklyn Sax Quartet explores works by co-leaders
David Bindman and Fred Ho, melding the sounds that teem through the "far
side of here."
Besides featuring wide ranging original compositions by Bindman and Ho — including Ho's dynamic Black Nation Suite and a hip arrangement of "A Night in Tunisia" in 5/4 — this recording is dedicated to and includes some of the the last recordings of a founding member of the BSQ, the late alto saxophonist Sam Furnace.
Musicians:
David Bindman, tenor saxophone
Fred Ho, baritone saxophone
Sam Furnace (#4-8)
or Rudresh Mahanthappa (#1-3, 9-11),
alto saxophone
John O'Gallagher, soprano saxophone
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| Tracks Click below on MP3 or WMA to hear one-minute sound samples. |
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| 1. | Tie Me Sufre (pronounced "teeay
may soofray") (David Bindman) (8:51) |
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| 2. | Fishing Song of the East China Sea (Fred Ho) (2:14) |
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| 3. | I Understand Now (Bindman) (3:21) | MP3 | WMA | |
| 4. | A Night in Tunisia (John Birks Gillespie,
Frank Paparelli, arr David Bindman and royal hartigan) (7:49) |
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| The Black Nation Suite (Ho) | ||||
| 5. | O, Freedom (1:44) (Traditional) | MP3 | WMA | |
| 6. | We Shall Overcome (Pete Seeger, Ludlow Music/BMI) (1:46) |
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| 7. | Free New Afrika! Boogaloo (4:42) | MP3 | WMA | |
| 8. | Song for a United Socialist Pan Africa (4:39) (Semenya McCord, originally titled "Song for Mozambique") |
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| 9. | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn, arr Ho) (4:51) | MP3 | WMA | |
| 10. | Spinning (Bindman) (8:15) | MP3 | WMA | |
| 11. | Jajo (pronounced "YAH-yo") (Bindman) (6:30) | MP3 | WMA | |
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