Christopher
Hale Ensemble
New York’s finest meets one of Australia’s most unique improvising ensembles in a very special collaboration – and one of this year’s most anticipated Australian jazz releases.
Christopher Hale’s award winning ensemble returns with their most ambitious and important recording to date – a collaboration with downtown New York improv legend Josh Roseman. A veteran of the Roots, Me’shell N’degeocello, Grateful Dead, Zorn, Dave Douglas, Dave Holland and too many more, Roseman brings to this collaboration the most unique trombone voice of modern times; raw, intimate and soulful, rendered with passion and persuasive elegance – an entirely new vision of the trombone.
Add the singular, almost telepathic ensemble blend of the trio, and Kodály (We Are None of us Precious) becomes an album quite unlike any other in contemporary improvised music.
With compositions from Roseman and cellist Will Martina as well as Hale’s own works, culminating in the centrepiece of the project: a stunning original arrangement of Zoltan Kodály’s infamous and beautiful solo cello sonata.
With the support of a 2004 Australia Council Fellowship, the Christopher Hale Ensemble embarked upon the collaboration project that would span two years and three continents. Beginning with the recording sessions and concerts with Roseman in Australia through August 05 and culminating with the launch at New York’s famous dowtown improv mecca Tonic in April 06 and the European unveiling at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in July 06 – the resulting album develops the distinctive sound world of Christopher Hale and his ensemble even further in the world jazz arena, following from their highly acclaimed A Way To Be Fine.
Beautiful, unflinching and richly textured with stirring melodicism, inky darkness and brooding virtuosity – Kodály (We Are None of us Precious) is Hale’s most accomplished and expansive work yet and a landmark achievement for the new generation of Australian jazz.
New York’s finest meets one of Australia’s most unique improvising ensembles in a very special collaboration – and one of this year’s most anticipated Australian jazz releases.
Christopher Hale’s award winning ensemble returns with their most ambitious and important recording to date – a collaboration with downtown New York improv legend Josh Roseman. A veteran of the Roots, Me’shell N’degeocello, Grateful Dead, Zorn, Dave Douglas, Dave Holland and too many more, Roseman brings to this collaboration the most unique trombone voice of modern times; raw, intimate and soulful, rendered with passion and persuasive elegance – an entirely new vision of the trombone.
Add the singular, almost telepathic ensemble blend of the trio, and Kodály (We Are None of us Precious) becomes an album quite unlike any other in contemporary improvised music.
With compositions from Roseman and cellist Will Martina as well as Hale’s own works, culminating in the centrepiece of the project: a stunning original arrangement of Zoltan Kodály’s infamous and beautiful solo cello sonata.
With the support of a 2004 Australia Council Fellowship, the Christopher Hale Ensemble embarked upon the collaboration project that would span two years and three continents. Beginning with the recording sessions and concerts with Roseman in Australia through August 05 and culminating with the launch at New York’s famous dowtown improv mecca Tonic in April 06 and the European unveiling at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in July 06 – the resulting album develops the distinctive sound world of Christopher Hale and his ensemble even further in the world jazz arena, following from their highly acclaimed A Way To Be Fine.
Beautiful, unflinching and richly textured with stirring melodicism, inky darkness and brooding virtuosity – Kodály (We Are None of us Precious) is Hale’s most accomplished and expansive work yet and a landmark achievement for the new generation of Australian jazz.