{"product_id":"647137","title":"Kenny Warren Quartet - Thank You for Coming to Life [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrumpeter and composer Kenny Warren brings his album 'Thank You for Coming to Life' to Whirlwind - with close friends and empathetic colleagues JP Schlegelmilch (piano), Noah Garabedian (bass) and Satoshi Takeishi (drums) - in a program of six self-penned tracks that flare with character and eclecticism. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailing from Denver, Colorado and now an integral part of the New York improvised music scene, Warren's multifarious collaborations include Ben Stapp's Zozimos, Andy Biskin's 16 Tons, Slavic Soul Party; and in addition to two album releases with his folk-jazz songwriting project Laila and Smitty, he has duetted with guitarist Jeremiah Lockwood, fellow Whirlwind artist and pianist Bobby Avey and tenor saxophonist Tony Malaby.\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e \\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis confluence of artists - whose disciplines and considerable track records lie in both the traditional and more experimental strands - inspires freedom in improvisation aligned to an exciting rhythmic symbiosis, all fronted by Warren's lucid and engaging trumpet.\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e \\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA perfect example of the quartet's connection is opener 'Stones Change', which Warren says creates its own little world through contrapuntal trumpet and piano lines: 'Over a few years of playing inside this composition, the band has become more and more free to stretch and superimpose ideas over it.'\u003c\/p\u003e \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther tracks include episodic 'Huge Knees' (arising from Warren's compositional piano imaginings) is linked thematically - and this broad, shifting, twelve-minute leviathan contrastingly pulsates and shimmers with impressive continuity, the trumpeter blasting rapidly and chromatically, ever higher. Snappy 'Hala Hala' (named after a favorite Brooklyn Bodega) is full of agitated, free energy and swing as breathless, combined riffs exemplify this personnel's meticulous synergy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStones Change\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuge Knees\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIranosaurus Rex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHala Hala\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCheese Greater\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery Moment Is Born Lies And Dies\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55164591374721,"sku":"647137","price":11.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51DjflwcvOL._SL1500.jpg?v=1768020199","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/647137","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}