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344: TOMEKA REID – ALEXANDER HAWKINS. Shards And Constellations

344: TOMEKA REID – ALEXANDER HAWKINS. Shards And Constellations

Intakt Recording #344/ 2020

Tomeka Reid: Cello
Alexander Hawkins: Piano

recorded 13th april 2019 by will Biggs at Challow Park studios, oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

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Shards and Constellations presents duets with two remarkable musicians tomeka reid and alexander hawkins. Both have become creative epicenters in the jazz and improvisation scene in recent years with their original, versatile and innovative art. reid has recorded extensively with many legendary artists from the aaCm such as anthony Braxton and roscoe mitchell as well as the next generation of aaCm artists including nicole mitchell, dee alexander and mike reed. hawkins is a composer and pianist from the london jazz scene and is regarded in the UK as one of the most innovative musicians of the younger generation with a surprising radius of action. his work attempts to reconcile both his love of free improvisation and his infatuation with composition and structure. Five of the compositions are collectively conceived with intricate textures and interplay. two of the pieces feature works by two masters from the first generation of the aaCm – muhal richard abrams and leroy Jenkins. “Shards and Constellations is a singular achievement exploring a broad spectrum of musical avenues from the lyrical to the pointillistic, from the angular to the serene. this adventurous music deserves to be heard, " writes anthony davis in the liner notes.

Album Credits

Cover Art: Daniel Marcellus Givens
Graphic Design: Paul Bieri
Liner Notes: Anthony Davis
Photo: Palma Fiacco

All music by Tomeka Reid and Alexander Hawkins, except track 5 (muhal Richard Abrams) and track 9 (Leroy Jenkins). recorded 13th april 2019 by will Biggs at Challow Park studios, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Mixed 29th July 2019 by Alex Bonney. Mastered October 2019 by Alex Bonney.
Produced by alexander hawkins, tomeka reid and Intakt records, Patrik landolt, anja Illmaier, Florian Keller. Published by Intakt records

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Pirmin Bossart
Jazz'N'More Magazine

Nach einigen jagenden Läufen, Clusters, verwobenen Texturen und fragmentierten Interaktionen lässt es sich beim fünften Stück erstmals durchatmen. "Peace on You" ist eine Komposition des AACM-Mitbegründers Muhal Richards Abrams. Sie schafft einen weiten und ruhigen Raum, in dem das Piano und das Cello lyrisch driften und das getragene Thema dennoch expressiv ausloten. Auf dem Duo-Album "Shards and Constellations" begegnen sich die Cellistin Tomeka Reid aus Chicago und der britische Pianist Alexander Hawkins. Die beiden sind so furchtlos wie sorgfältig, was für ausdrucksstarkes Repertoire an strukturell und harmonisch experimentierfreudigen Stücken garantiert. Reid arbeitet mit Texturen und verwinkelten Pizzicato-Clusters, ist aber auch in harmonischmelodischeren Breitengraden präsent. Hawkins wechselt zwischen verschachtelten Pianolinien von hoher Dichte, blitzschnellen Tastenfiguren und reduzierteren Patterns. Zu den ruhigeren Stücken gehören "Serene and Playful" mit seinen kirchenliedhaften Motiven und Cello-Obertönen sowie das von Tomeka Reid mit kühler Leidenschaft gestrichene "Albert Ayler (His Life Was Too Short)", einer Komposition des Violinisten Leroy Jenkins, ebenfalls ein Musiker der ersten AACM-Generation. Das abschliessende "Is Becomes If" nimmt mit präparierten Instrumenten den ersten Track "If Becomes Is" wieder auf und kittet mit seinem lyrisch gefärbten Reduktionismus die "Scherben und Konstellationen" (Albumtitel) stimmig zusammen.

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Laurence Donohue-Greene
The New York City Jazz Record

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