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Speak To It (Remastered)

Human Feel

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A critically-praised landmark from the peak of downtown NYC jazz, newly sourced from engineer Joe Marciano’s original ¼” analogue mixes and transparently remastered to 24/192. The energetic performances and emotive compositions, by reeds players Chris Speed and Andrew D’Angelo, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and drummer Jim Black, place this album alongside the finest recordings of the era.
– Mark Werlin, NativeDSD & All About Jazz


Originally released in 1996, the fourth recording by the then Brooklyn-based collective ranges across jazz, improv, and contemporary classical/new music, with a passing nod to the traditions of eastern Europe. As composers, Black, Speed and D’Angelo provide different frameworks for the band’s characteristic, often tensile explorations, heard as well in their atmospheric rendition of the Billie Holiday standard “Left Alone” where they’re joined by vocalist Holly Palmer. The rhythmic feel moves in and out of time (from jazz-rock to free, polyrhythmic and vamp to rubato), while the shifting textural/melodic interplay demonstrates their commitment to collective improvisation. The unedited analog recording vividly preserves the integrity of their playing; this 24/192, 2021 remaster was sourced from the rediscovered analogue mixes.

Human Feel was formed in Boston in 1987, Rosenwinkel joining the group in 1990. At the time Speak to It was released its members were all leading busy musical lives as performers and composers. Jim Black was in Tim Berne’s Bloodcount, Dave Douglas’s Tiny Bell Trio and trios led by Ellery Eskelin and Ben Monder. Chris Speed, whose background is in classical music as well as jazz, was also a member of Bloodcount, as well as Dave Douglas’s Sextet, Myra Melford’s Extended Ensemble, and Erik Friedlander’s Chimera, and he and Black co-led Pachora, a Balkan/near Eastern quartet. Andrew D’Angelo was a member of Chimera, Bobby Previte’s Weather Clear, Track Fast and the Jamie Saft/Cuong Vu band. Kurt Rosenwinkel was leading his own quartet and was in Paul Motian’s Electric Bebop Band.

After a long hiatus Human Feel reunited in 2006 and released Galore on Speed’s label Skirl, and Gold (2019) on Intakt.


Human Feel
Andrew D’Angelo, alto sax, bass clarinet
Chris Speed, tenor sax, clarinet
Kurt Rosenwinkel, guitar
Jim Black, drums
Holly Palmer, voice (6)

Tracklist

Please note that the below previews are loaded as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.
1.
Darker Joys
02:35
2.
Speak to it
06:47
3.
Spaze
12:44
4.
Not about You
04:53
5.
Nimble Demons
08:06
6.
Left Alone
04:16
7.
Tic, Tics
04:37
8.
Eno Eva Yood Nodi
08:32
9.
Hey Roma ain't vein
04:34
10.
Cat Teachers
07:28

Total time: 01:04:32

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SGL25142

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Original Recording Format

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Joe Marciano

Recording Location

Recorded October 23, 1995 to multi-track analogue and mixed November 17 & 28, 1995 to 1/4" analogue (30 ips) at Systems Two, Brooklyn, by Joe Marciano.

Remastering

Remastered in 2021 in 24/192 by Chris Gestrin at Public Alley 421.

Release DateAugust 16, 2024

Press reviews

Pulse 4 out of 5

Equal parts feisty extraversion and playful fantasy…Consistently imaginative.

Allmusic.com 4 out of 5

Speed is a compelling player with an original voice…Black’s dynamic, swirling drums are a continual highlight. Kurt Rosenwinkel rounds out the group with his sometimes aggressive, sometimes atmospheric, often horn-like guitar. The music is mostly a group effort and succeeds on its own terms.

Option

There is no denying the vision in this music…unique and powerful.

The Rocket

A constantly pulsating, always rough-riding experience in neo-avant, some kinda post-free jazz that stuns and delights. D’Angelo and Speed interlock beautifully, mingling tones in a poignant wash, even when squalling and rasping.

DownBeat

Human Feel is part of a promising new leading edge in jazz: fierce horns set free to improvise within tight, pianoless arrangements….This nouveau chamber group is willing to risk inciting the guests to riot and wreck the chamber.

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