Clarence Penn - Dali In Cobble Hill (2012) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist:

[7:10] 01. Clarence Penn - The B 61
[5:35] 02. Clarence Penn - Cobble Hill
[7:50] 03. Clarence Penn - A Walk On The B-H-P
[6:12] 04. Clarence Penn - Dali
[7:03] 05. Clarence Penn - I Hear Music
[6:47] 06. Clarence Penn - Mr. C
[6:01] 07. Clarence Penn - Persistence Of Memory
[7:02] 08. Clarence Penn - My Romance
[6:06] 09. Clarence Penn - Solato's Morning Blues
[6:22] 10. Clarence Penn - Zoom Zo0m

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
Total length: 01:05:58
Main artist: Clarence Penn
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Criss Cross Jazz
Genre: Jazz
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
(C) 2012 Criss Cross
(P) 2012 Criss Cross


Available: September 25, 2012
On his long-awaited follow-up to his critically lauded 1996 Criss Cross debut, Penn's Landing (Criss 1134), and the equally powerful Play-Penn (Criss 1201), from 2001, master drummer-percussionist Clarence Penn presents Dali in Cobble Hill, a meditation on how the iconic Surrealist painter might have digested a stroll through Penn's Brooklyn neighborhood. The eight originals and two standards incorporate a variety of moods, flavors, and strategies that reflect Penn's extensive activity as a sideman for jazz' best-and-brightest over the past decades; his ensemble of grandmaster generational contemporaries --- Chris Potter on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Adam Rogers on guitar, and Ben Street on bass --- inhabit the stories, playing with deep imagination and virtuosic craft. A must-hear.

Clarence Penn's 2012 album, Dali in Cobble Hill, is a rhythmically and harmonically varied date conceptualized around the fanciful notion of painter Salvador Dali taking a walk through Penn's Brooklyn neighborhood. Penn evokes the disjointed surrealism of Dali with some original compositions that include several propulsive, high-energy cuts, as well as a few more sparse, atmospheric, and stream-of-consciousness arrangements. Adding to the high level of craft exhibited on Dali in Cobble Hill is Penn's choice of sidemen here: saxophonist Chris Potter, guitarist Adam Rogers, and bassist Ben Street. The rounded tone of Rogers' amplified guitar set against Potter's bright but full-sounding tenor sax helps give the ensemble a unified sound out front, while Penn and Street fill in the layers underneath them. To these ends, the band flies through the frenetic Afro-Cuban/drum'n'bass-inflected "The B 6 1 "; floats together through the languid atmosphere of "A Walk on the B-H-P," and spars jauntily over the midtempo swing of "Solato's Morning Blues." Penn is one of the most accomplished and in-demand sideman of his generation, and it’s always a joy to hear him leading his own ensemble. These are adroit, fluid, and virtuosic post-bop tracks that should appeal to fans of the cerebral, adventurous jazz that just skirts the avant-garde while remaining firmly grounded in the straight-ahead jazz tradition.
© Matt Collar /TiVo








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