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
Tracks
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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) |
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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) |
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5. |
O, Freedom (1:44) (Traditional) |
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6. |
We Shall Overcome
(Pete Seeger, Ludlow Music/BMI) (1:46) |
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7. |
Free New Afrika! Boogaloo (4:42) |
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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) |
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10. |
Spinning (Bindman) (8:15) |
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11. |
Jajo (pronounced "YAH-yo")
(Bindman) (6:30) |
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