7640120193645

Light Line

Chris Speed

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Format: CD

Cat No: INTAKT364

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.