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INGRID LAUBROCK – TOM RAINEY
BRINK

Intakt #425 / 2024

INGRID LAUBROCK – TOM RAINEY BRINK

 

 

 


Brink (Intakt CD 425) ist das intime Unter-sich des musikalischen Paares INGRID LAUBROCK-TOM RAINEY, vergleichbar mit Mark Feldman / Sylvie Courvoisier oder Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura. Nels Cline hört im Zusammenklang von Saxophon und Drums exemplarisch schlichte Menschlichkeit, gepaart mit Magie.

Rigobert Dittmann, Bad Alchemy Newsletter, July 2024 (DE)


Brink (Intakt CD 425) ist das intime Unter-sich des musikali­schen Paares INGRID LAUBROCK-TOM RAINEY, vergleich­bar mit Mark Feldman / Sylvie Courvoisier oder Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura. Nels Cline hört im Zusammenklang von Sa­xophon und Drums exemplarisch schlichte Menschlichkeit, gepaart mit Magie. Eskapistische und therapeutische Magie in corona-bedingter Isolation für sich selbst und beispielhaft für andere. Abwechselnd mit Soprano- oder Tenorsax, ab­wechselnd melodisch sublim oder stürmisch und ostinat, in sechs 'Brink'-Miniaturen dann mit dissonantem Gusto und wie mit Vogelpfeifen, quäkend, greinend, flötend.

Rigobert Dittmann, Bad Alchemy Newsletter, Sept 2024 (DE)


Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Tom Rainey present a fresh and captivating exploration of sound in their latest album, Brink. This album not only showcases their individuality as creative artists but also highlights the unique duo identity they have honed through numerous sessions, including those recorded in their Brooklyn apartment during the pandemic.

Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail, August 15 2024 (EN)


Some formats I don't care for at all. But sax and drums I do. Interstellar Space laid the template for the format in an avant guise. So, when two experimental improvisers like Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey tackle the discipline there is a road map to be embraced or just as easily to be ignored. The last time the concept really worked and Brink really works too incidentally was Binker and Moses' Dem Ones which was far closer to the Coltrane and Rashied Ali model than is entered upon here. Brink is less ferocious (but certainly not for the faint of heart) than Coltrane and Rashied Ali's out-there masterpiece. In fact, what's here belongs to a different planet entirely given that both Laubrock and Rainey have long since sounded like nobody else but themselves.

Marlbank, August 21 2024 (EN)


‘Brink’ is in tegenstelling tot dit ‘Monochromes’ traditioneel te noemen. De stukken ontstonden in de tijd van Covid-19 toen de twee musici niet veel andere musici zagen dan elkaar. We beginnen met mooi ingetogen klanken van Laubrock op ‘Flock of Conclusions’. Het is even over de helft als de ritmiek erin kruipt en we vrij kort ook even Rainey horen. Bijzonder klinkt de samenwerking op ‘Coaching’, een krachtige ritmiek van Rainey en boeiend meanderend spel van Laubrock, dat naarmate het stuk vordert een steeds feller karakter krijgt. Bijzonder klinkt ook het klankkunstwerk ‘Liquified Columns’, een schrijnende sopraansax en tot de verbeelding sprekende percussie vallen her prachtig samen.

Ben Taffijn, Nieuwe Noten, August 14 2024 (NL)


Capitò a Benny Goodman grazie al titolo italiano di un film del 1955 di essere chiamato «re del jazz». Un’esagerazione che non piacque ai puristi nonostante il clarinettista e bandleader dell’epoca swing fosse davvero formidabile. Oggi, pur ammettendo la scorrettezza di simili terminologie onorifiche, osiamo proporre una «regina del jazz» ed è Ingrid Laubrock. Tempi ben diversi e idiomi rivoluzionati rispetto a quelli dell’epoca del grande Benny. Addirittura si esita un po’ a pronunciare la parola jazz, tali e tanto consistenti sono le varianti rispetto a una lunga meravigliosa tradizione. Ma l’esitazione va superata. Si gioca.

Mario Gamba, il manifesto, September 10 2024 (IT)


Dave Murray Quartett: Francesca Dave Murray (ts, bc), Marta Sanchez (p), Luke Steward (b), Russel Carter (dr)

Radio Dreyeckland, September 07 2024 (DE)


 

 

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