{"product_id":"sglsa15672-amor-de-cosmos","title":"Amor de Cosmos","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003eCritically acclaimed New York-based saxophonist Michael Blake imaginatively evokes his ancestral Canadian roots in collaboration with Vancouver’s premier creative jazz players.\r\n\u003cem\u003e- Mark Werlin\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\r\n\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{\" blake has been a resident of new york for some years but he grew up in vancouver and on visit to his hometown organized two gigs then recording session with somewhat younger players from the jazz creative music scene most whom had not played before. all-canadian sextet features classical percussionist sal ferreras several canada forward-looking musicians improvising michael wide-ranging compositions are also highly expressionistic improv duets between chris gestrin by reading about life century british columbia newspaperman politician william alexander smith who renamed himself amor de cosmos was inspired re-explore roots forge musical connections drawing broadly history resources jazz. as member lounge lizards co-leader slow poke developed an approach that valorized funk blues pop well paying tribute saxophone greats swing bop free combining old school elegance lyricism downtown eclecticism innovation. subsequent records leader worked ideas africa caribbean brazil vietnam. wash away joyful african groove twist section is creating these change-ups allows things personally find imagined. artists might play great solos after few tunes you hear same rhythms systems play. changing formulas my i get come soloist arranger. like rhythm melody so while any too static love improvise without written again it would become boring while. miss playing good standard or through-composed piece. feel very satisfied wrote this which different previous work. indeed more composed pieces pie face constellation seem moves towards realm contemporary always leaves plenty room improvisers stretch out duos. unusual instrumentation offers novel possibilities voicings example witty brilliantly executed time duet marimba prepared piano long seymour. band really jells partly because shared together. andre lachance dylan van der schyff still members trio brad part international quintet definition toy . combine their fluent interaction challenges sets them result record revels interplay speaks its own unique accent. both heart intellect grooves than touch insouciance lighten proceedings. data-sheets-userformat=\"{\" happen:=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Blake\u003c\/strong\u003e has been a resident of New York for some 35 years, but he grew up in Vancouver, and on a visit to his hometown in 2005 he organized two gigs and then a recording session with somewhat younger players from the jazz and creative music scene, most of whom he had not played with before. His all-Canadian sextet features classical\/new music\/Latin percussionist \u003cstrong\u003eSal Ferreras\u003c\/strong\u003e and several of Canada’s most forward-looking jazz musicians improvising on Michael’s wide-ranging compositions (there are also two highly expressionistic improv duets between Michael and \u003cstrong\u003eChris Gestrin\u003c\/strong\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\r\n\r\n“I personally find most jazz ‘under imagined.’ The artists might play great solos but after a few tunes you hear the same rhythms and systems in play. By changing the formulas in my compositions I get inspired to come up with new ideas as a soloist and arranger. But I like rhythm and melody, so after a while I find any ‘method’ too static….I love to improvise without any written music, but again it would become boring after a while. I’d miss playing a good standard, blues, or through-composed piece.\"\r\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Michael Blake\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Blake Sextet\r\n\u003c\/strong\u003eMichael Blake - saxophones\r\nBrad Turner - trumpet\r\nSal Ferarras - marimba, percussion\r\nChris Gestrin - piano, electronics\r\nAndré Lachance - acoustic bass\r\nDylan van der Schyff - drums","brand":"Songlines Recordings","offers":[{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740379951428,"sku":"SGLSA15672-7","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56740379984196,"sku":"SGLSA15672-9","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56740380016964,"sku":"SGLSA15672-10","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740380049732,"sku":"SGLSA15672-14","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740380082500,"sku":"SGLSA15672-15","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740380115268,"sku":"SGLSA15672-16","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56740380148036,"sku":"SGLSA15672-17","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56740380180804,"sku":"SGLSA15672-18","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56740380213572,"sku":"SGLSA15672-19","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 512 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740380246340,"sku":"SGLSA15672-21","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740380279108,"sku":"SGLSA15672-22","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56740380311876,"sku":"SGLSA15672-23","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57342620500292,"sku":"SGLSA15672-6","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57342620533060,"sku":"SGLSA15672S1417","price":28.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57342620565828,"sku":"SGLSA15672S1517","price":30.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57342620598596,"sku":"SGLSA15672S1617","price":34.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/SGLSA15672.jpg?v=1778496874","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/sglsa15672-amor-de-cosmos","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}