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Artist: NOBU STOWE/LEE PEMBLETON PROJECT With PERRY ROBINSON/BLAISE SIWULA et al Title: Hommage Au Klaus Kinski Label: SoulNote 121337 Country: Italy Format: CD Status: AVAILABLE $16.00
Description: Featuring Nobu Stowe on Yamaha G-III piano, Lee Pembleton - sound design, Perry Robinson on clarinet & micro-ocarina, Blaise Siwula on tenor sax & alto clarinet, Ross Bonadonna on bass clarinet, alto sax & guitar and John McLellan on drums. I had not heard of Japanese pianist Nobu Stowe before last year when I received two great promos from Blaise Siwula on the Konnex label with Nobu on board. Earlier this year I reviewed an amazing trio disc with Nobu, Perry Robinson & Andrea Centazzo on Ictus. As a longtime devotee of director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski, Nobu dedicated this disc to Popol Vuh's Florian Fricke, who passed away in 2001. Progressive band, Popol Vuh, did most of the soundtracks for the films of Werner Herzog and was an influence on Nobu Stowe. Mr. Stowe has been collaborating with electronic sound manipulator and visual artist Lee Pamberton for more than a decade, performing live and touring together on occasion.
This long and sprawling disc features a series of improvised duos, trios, quartet and quintet pieces, plus a cover of Monk's " 'Round Midnight." Nobu and Lee are involved in each piece with the others added to the trio (w/ Bonadonna), quartet & quintet pieces. The duo of Nobu on piano and Lee on electronics & manipulation play what sounds like spooky/spiritual music. Nobu sounds like he is classically trained and plays majestically at times with Lee adding strange yet effective electronic spice. The trios with Nobu, Lee and Ross Bonadonna on bass clarinet, alto sax & guitar, are more stark, dark and spacious. While the piano and reeds play somber ruminations, Lee adds distant electronic waves. The quartet features Perry Robinson & Blaise Siwula in the frontline and it sounds like Nobu's more melodic playing inspires these guys to stay more inside and play dreamy melodies. The two long quintet pieces add local drummer John McLellan to the same two reeds frontline and are quietly unnerving. Nobu does a good job throughout of keeping things from getting too dark being adding fleeting melodies to the proceedings. Perry Robinson often stands central with one foot in the past (his older school clarinet tone) and one foot in the future (his free yet connected way of playing). The quintet pieces are long yet most riveting, an edge-of-your-seat type of improv. The title piece, "Hommage to Klaus Kinski," features some stunning guitar and piano swirls, while " 'Round Midnight" closes this disc with dream-like soft snoring and a haunting, restrained version of Monk's classic tune. - BLG
| Artist: NOBU STOWE/LEE PEMBLETON PROJECT With PERRY ROBINSON/BLAISE SIWULA et al |
| Title: Hommage Au Klaus Kinski |
| Label: SoulNote 121337 Country: Italy |
| Format: CD Status: AVAILABLE $16.00 |
| Description: Featuring Nobu Stowe on Yamaha G-III piano, Lee Pembleton - sound design, Perry Robinson on clarinet & micro-ocarina, Blaise Siwula on tenor sax & alto clarinet, Ross Bonadonna on bass clarinet, alto sax & guitar and John McLellan on drums. I had not heard of Japanese pianist Nobu Stowe before last year when I received two great promos from Blaise Siwula on the Konnex label with Nobu on board. Earlier this year I reviewed an amazing trio disc with Nobu, Perry Robinson & Andrea Centazzo on Ictus. As a longtime devotee of director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski, Nobu dedicated this disc to Popol Vuh's Florian Fricke, who passed away in 2001. Progressive band, Popol Vuh, did most of the soundtracks for the films of Werner Herzog and was an influence on Nobu Stowe. Mr. Stowe has been collaborating with electronic sound manipulator and visual artist Lee Pamberton for more than a decade, performing live and touring together on occasion. This long and sprawling disc features a series of improvised duos, trios, quartet and quintet pieces, plus a cover of Monk's " 'Round Midnight." Nobu and Lee are involved in each piece with the others added to the trio (w/ Bonadonna), quartet & quintet pieces. The duo of Nobu on piano and Lee on electronics & manipulation play what sounds like spooky/spiritual music. Nobu sounds like he is classically trained and plays majestically at times with Lee adding strange yet effective electronic spice. The trios with Nobu, Lee and Ross Bonadonna on bass clarinet, alto sax & guitar, are more stark, dark and spacious. While the piano and reeds play somber ruminations, Lee adds distant electronic waves. The quartet features Perry Robinson & Blaise Siwula in the frontline and it sounds like Nobu's more melodic playing inspires these guys to stay more inside and play dreamy melodies. The two long quintet pieces add local drummer John McLellan to the same two reeds frontline and are quietly unnerving. Nobu does a good job throughout of keeping things from getting too dark being adding fleeting melodies to the proceedings. Perry Robinson often stands central with one foot in the past (his older school clarinet tone) and one foot in the future (his free yet connected way of playing). The quintet pieces are long yet most riveting, an edge-of-your-seat type of improv. The title piece, "Hommage to Klaus Kinski," features some stunning guitar and piano swirls, while " 'Round Midnight" closes this disc with dream-like soft snoring and a haunting, restrained version of Monk's classic tune. - BLG |