Thirteen Rectangles
SFQ
| Available Formats | No. of Tracks | Price | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Download Album (mp3) | 14 tracks | £6.99 | ||
| Download Album (flac) | 14 tracks | £6.99 | ||
| Download Album (wav) | 14 tracks | £6.99 | ||
| Download individual tracks | N/A | from £0.75 |
SFQ - Thirteen Rectangles
The most important Bruce's Fingers recording since Composition No. 30 in 1998. This recording features Simon Fell's latest thoughts about 21st-century composing for improvising small group, and is the first CD release by his new composition-based small group SFQ. Thirteen Rectangles was composed in 1999 and is a continuous 70-minute suite for improvisers; the piece has been broadcast twice by BBC Radio 3’s Jazz On 3, and was toured extensively by the quintet in 2001.
Reviews
"Outstanding! Simon Fell is at the forefront of developing musical structures which release - rather than constrain - his collaborators." Jez Nelson JAZZ ON 3, BBC RADIO 3
Nominated for the 'new work' award; BBC Jazz Awards 2002
"Captured in one breathtaking take, Thirteen Rectangles is an exceptional work. Even though the piece is scored for small group, Fell thinks big, leaving plenty of room for solo playing. The asymmetrical swing of the matching sequences bookending the work recall Anthony Braxton's writing for jazz chamber orchestra. The music in between draws jazz, free Improvisation and post-serial composition into the same gravitational field, where they hybridise and mutate. It's edgy and insistent, characterised by "neurotic rhythms". The players chisel away repeatedly at Fell's deliberately meagre allocation of thematic material, but he has jettisoned the formulaic cycles of standard jazz composition in favour of "mobile form". Written and improvised passages are heard in combination throughout. This complex, stimulating simultaneity sets up exhilarating juxtapositions and conjunctions that rise through the music's continually shifting layers. Fell strives to actualise the music he wants to hear but which doesn't yet exist. His creative vision and individual labour might prepare the ground, but it's the personality and abilities of the performers that bring his concept to fruition. He's fortunate to have such dedicated, ingenious collaborators, who each bring a distinctive slant to unlock the composition's abundant potential." Julian Cowley THE WIRE
Tracklisting
Download Album (BF43DD)
- SFQ - Start Frame + Soft Hard (Interpolation 1)
- SFQ - Rectangle 1
- SFQ - Rectangle 2
- SFQ - Rectangle 3
- SFQ - Rectangles 4 & 5
- SFQ - Rectangle 6
- SFQ - Rectangle 7
- SFQ - Soft Hard (Interpolation 2)
- SFQ - Rectangle 8
- SFQ - Rectangle 9
- SFQ - Rectangle 10
- SFQ - Rectangles 11 & 12
- SFQ - Rectangle 13
- SFQ - Soft Hard (Interpolation 3) + End Frame
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