Release Date: 16 July 2021
Label: Intakt
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7640120193645
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 16 July 2021
Label: Intakt
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7640120193645
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Chris Speed, a driving force of modern jazz for decades, presents Light Line, an impressive solo statement on the clarinet. The repertoire of this musical legacy includes his own pieces and short improvisations, as well as compositions by inspiring luminaries such as John Coltrane, Julius Hemphill, Eric Dolphy and Paul Motion. In addition, there are compositions by friends and long-time musical companions such as Andrew D'Angelo, Sk?li Sverrisson and Hilmar Jensson.
There is "an implicit guiding light through the whole project: the commitment to reduction, to finding the power in taking things away, the power in trusting that there is still a lot there once you do take the surface layers away, and above all an undying commitment to melody in some elemental sense as the primary element in music", writes Anthony Burr in the liner notes.
Sylvie Courvoisier & Wadada Leo Smith
Otherlands Trio
Fred Frith & Maria Portugal
Dave Gisler Trio
Jim Black & The Schrimps
Gregg Belisle-Chi
Aruan Ortiz
James Brandon Lewis Quartet
Nigel Price Organ Trio
Alan Barnes Quartet
Fred Hersch Trio
Noah Preminger
Harper Trio
Samuel Blaser
Anne Paceo
Robert Mitchell