Far Side of Here Review
Fusing classic modern American jazz with newer sounds and rhythms drawn on African and Asian influences, the Brooklyn Sax Quartet explores works by co-leaders David Bindman and Fred Ho, melding the sounds that teem through the "far side of here."
Besides featuring wide ranging original compositions by Bindman and Ho — including Ho's dynamic Black Nation Suite and a hip arrangement of "A Night in Tunisia" in 5/4 — this recording is dedicated to and includes some of the the last recordings of a founding member of the BSQ, the late alto saxophonist Sam Furnace.
"The vibrancy and emotion of the Brooklyn Sax Quartet underscores its social conscience. This inventive group puts together a program that embraces multiculturalism and acknowledges the struggle against injustice without proselytizing...." —Terrell Kent Holmes, All About Jazz: New York
"....far from predictable. Its range of styles spans from spirituals and fairly straight melody statements to some nearly free-form blowing. Even its interpretations of straight-ahead material is informed by the jazz innovations of recent times and there are no moments when it sounds as if the group is coasting.... this is a consistently colorful set of rewarding music." —Scott Yanow, AllMusic.com
"...these four horns bob and weave and play with the abandon of children — albeit very smart, well-trained children.... the musicians get deep inside the compositions and blow their way out with melody, harmony, and rhythm." — Keith Goetzman, Utne Reader Read more...
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