Michael+seeds

Small Places is double bassist/composer Michael Formanek’s follow-up to “The Rub and Spare Change”, his widely lauded ECM debut as a leader. If anything, Small Places is a step beyond this quartet’s first release, with the compositions and improvisation blending so seamlessly that a listener is scarcely able to tell where one leaves off and the other begins. Earthy yet atmospheric, this is very 21st-century American jazz, the music brimming with piquant riffs and muscular ostinatos, rich in melodic possibility and the sound of surprise.

Small Places is double bassist/composer Michael Formanek’s follow-up to “The Rub and Spare Change”, his widely lauded ECM debut as a leader. If anything, Small Places is a step beyond this quartet’s first release, with the compositions and improvisation blending so seamlessly that a listener is scarcely able to tell where one leaves off and the other begins. Earthy yet atmospheric, this is very 21st-century American jazz, the music brimming with piquant riffs and muscular ostinatos, rich in melodic possibility and the sound of surprise.

Arraymusic Ensemble - New World (1993) {Artifact ART-006} (Terry Riley, Michael J. Baker, James Tenney et al.)
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© 1993 Artifact Music | ART-006
Classical / Contemporary Classical / Avant-Garde / Postminimalism

Another excellent compilation of acoustic works by this Canadian ensemble. What the critics say: "Toronto's Arraymusic is one of North America's more astonishing founts of new music… it leans towards postminimalism with a dissonant edge." - Kyle Gayle, The Village Voice. "when the music does seep in, it's like acid-spiked punch." - Andrew Sun, Now Magazine. "Music from Mars gliding effortlessly into Turkish wedding music or a Himalayan blues." - Robert Everett-Green, The Globe and Mail.