{"product_id":"pwsgl16072-polarities","title":"Polarities","description":" \r\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBreathing new life into the classic Ornette Coleman alto\/trumpet\/bass\/drums quartet format, saxophonist Peter Epstein and collaborators Ralph Alessi, Sam Minaie and Mark Ferber play melodically inventive originals with “total commitment to the music, to each other, and to the moment at hand.”\u003c\/em\u003e\r\n- Mark Werlin, NativeDSD\/HRAudio\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{\" saxophonist peter epstein left new york in the early but his quartet was made up of colleagues he had been performing with for between and years although not this grouping. notes intimate personal qualities their shared conceptual aesthetic views. my mind ear i simply hear these guys playing when music head. it surprising then that record feels so cohesive there a nuanced clarity communication focus immediacy only comes what describes as relaxed total commitment to each other moment at hand. compositions range from primarily quiet introspective pieces like more intense uptempo numbers mid-tempo nigeria tune perhaps harkens back deep engagement ewe drumming student calarts has knack writing interesting melodies contrasting sections or ambiguous moods sees written material almost secondary. tunes need life vibe interpretation breathed into them by collaborators rely on heavily. here produces mercurial hard-to-pin-down highly internalized synthesis many strands jazz history influences outside example mathematically vertiginous metrical subdivisions south indian classical another studied also might be partly instrumentation surely some kind spiritual connection close stylistic one ornette coleman classic don cherry. data-sheets-userformat=\"{\" lived-in:=\"\"\u003eAlto\/soprano saxophonist \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Epstein\u003c\/strong\u003e left New York in the early 2000s, but his 2007 quartet was made up of colleagues he had been performing with for between 15 and 25 years, although not in this grouping. Epstein notes the intimate and personal qualities of their shared conceptual and aesthetic views. \"In my mind, in my ear, I simply hear these guys playing when music ‘plays’ in my head.” It’s not surprising then that this record feels so cohesive and lived-in: there’s a nuanced clarity of communication, a focus and immediacy that only comes with what he describes as “such a relaxed but total commitment to the music, to each other, and to the moment at hand.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\r\n\r\nEpstein’s compositions range from primarily quiet, introspective pieces like “Polarity” to more intense, uptempo numbers like “Hurtle” and “Constance” and the mid-tempo “Email from Nigeria”, a 10\/8 tune that perhaps harkens back to his deep engagement with Ewe drumming as a student at CalArts in the 90s. He has a knack for writing interesting melodies and pieces with contrasting sections or ambiguous moods, but sees the written material as almost secondary. \"The tunes need life and vibe and interpretation breathed into them by the collaborators that I rely on so heavily.” And here that produces a mercurial, hard-to-pin-down, highly internalized synthesis of many strands of jazz history and influences from outside the music (for example, the mathematically vertiginous metrical subdivisions of South Indian classical music, another music Peter has studied). Also, and it might be partly the instrumentation, there's surely some kind of spiritual connection (if not a close stylistic one) with Ornette Coleman's classic quartet with Don Cherry.\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{\" saxophonist peter epstein left new york in the early but his quartet was made up of colleagues he had been performing with for between and years although not this grouping. notes intimate personal qualities their shared conceptual aesthetic views. my mind ear i simply hear these guys playing when music head. it surprising then that record feels so cohesive there a nuanced clarity communication focus immediacy only comes what describes as relaxed total commitment to each other moment at hand. compositions range from primarily quiet introspective pieces like more intense uptempo numbers mid-tempo nigeria tune perhaps harkens back deep engagement ewe drumming student calarts has knack writing interesting melodies contrasting sections or ambiguous moods sees written material almost secondary. tunes need life vibe interpretation breathed into them by collaborators rely on heavily. here produces mercurial hard-to-pin-down highly internalized synthesis many strands jazz history influences outside example mathematically vertiginous metrical subdivisions south indian classical another studied also might be partly instrumentation surely some kind spiritual connection close stylistic one ornette coleman classic don cherry. data-sheets-userformat=\"{\" lived-in:=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Epstein, alto \u0026amp; soprano saxophone, compositions\r\nRalph Alessi, trumpet, cornet\r\nSam Minaie, bass\r\nMark Ferber, drums\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Songlines Recordings","offers":[{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740466819396,"sku":"PWSGL16072-14","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740466852164,"sku":"PWSGL16072-15","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740466884932,"sku":"PWSGL16072-16","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 512 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740466917700,"sku":"PWSGL16072-21","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740466950468,"sku":"PWSGL16072-22","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"WAV  88.2 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740466983236,"sku":"PWSGL16072-72","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57342831460676,"sku":"PWSGL16072-7","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/PWSGL16072.jpg?v=1790633302","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/pwsgl16072-polarities","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}