Listen & tracks
2 of 10 tracks have a preview · 9 works · 75:12
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1 Domination Christopher Young 6:27
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2 Always a Way Christopher Young 8:58
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3 They Exist Within Your Dreams Christopher Young 12:22
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4 Out of Time Christopher Young 11:03
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5 Brooding Groove Christopher Young 11:28
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6 Gershington Christopher Young 3:30
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7 Ragaesque Christopher Young 9:00
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8 Ode to Eric Christopher Young 7:12
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9 Sketches of Kuta Christopher Young 5:12
Recorded for Jazztrack at ABC Southbank in 2009, the nine pieces draw on New Orleans clarinet colour, European autumn and winter, South Indian raga, Balinese music, Ellington and Gershwin, and a dedication to Eric Dolphy. Bass clarinet monophonics and multiphonics sit at the heart of the set.
In the artist’s words
These pieces of music recorded here are original compositions and improvisations, reflecting particular eclectic themes and influences in my life, both past and present. The emphasis in this recording focuses towards my passion for woodwind, but most especially the bass clarinet for its monophonic and multiphonic possibilities.
DOMINATION is a piece with satire, a parody on globalisation, featuring the bass clarinet.
OUT OF TIME is a neo-romantic piece, old fashioned in style. It reflects my time in Poland and Denmark during winter, also featuring the bass clarinet.
ALWAYS A WAY is influenced by the New Orleans style and timbre of the clarinet.
THEY EXIST WITHIN YOUR DREAMS is more of an ethereal piece with flute and guitar, reflecting European Autumn.
BROODING GROOVE is influenced by my stay in Denmark, witnessing the Aurora Borealis, featuring the bass clarinet and guitar. This track is also acknowledgement of my long standing friendship with Mr. Tom E Lewis.
GERSHINGTON is a 1920s style piece, written by myself and Mark Fitzgibbon, influenced by Ellington and Gershwin, and featuring the clarinet.
RAGAESQUE is influenced by South Indian music, specifically the morning Rag. Featuring the flute and guitar.
ODE TO ERIC is a duo recorded with Ted Vining. A piece dedicated to the great bass clarinetist Eric Dolphy.
SKETCHES OF KUTA is a dream-like piece influenced by Balinese music.
Reviews
Brood Groove is at times kooky, and surprising, and full of a yearning and a grace…there’s whimsy, and a benign articulation of folly, and the alarming consternations of life in a human skin. The dominant mood is one of celebration, even when these Brood Grooves start getting moody.
The ensemble achieves the gentlest innovations, there’s grunt when needed from the rhythm section, and the sweet and maudlin inventions of Tom Fryer delighting the listener on acoustic guitar. There’s some sublime flute playing, the band discrete, lulling, with hints of sweet disturbance. There are pleasing moments of great restraint, at other times a thrilling excess is achieved, an ecstasy revealed. Some tracks reveal what one might call an Eastern spaciousness. Perhaps this owes something to Mr Young’s studies of the shakuhachi in Japan...‘Brooding Groove’, the almost title track, is haunting, deeply felt, inquisitive and passionate. The delicacy of the ensemble becomes another testament to that compassionate revelation we call jazz.
Christopher Young's "passion for woodwind, most especially the bass clarinet" is beautifully expressed on Brood Groove. Its original music is intimate, exploratory, eclectic, improvisatory, but focused.
Each piece has a different character. Particular inspirations range from Balinese music, via Ellington and Gershwin, to South Indian music and the European autumn.
One of the most rewarding sessions I've recorded for Jazztrack. Maybe the stars aligned that day … the musicians really listening and responding to each other. It's music that surprises and explores.
Artists
Christopher Young Quartet
ensemble
A new collaboration with some of Christopher Young’s oldest collaborators — acoustic bassist Nick Haywood (from the Lewis and Young Ensemble) and guitarist Tom Fryer, with the addition of the great veteran drummer, Ted Vining.
Mark Fitzgibbon
composer
Mark Fitzgibbon is an integral part of Melbourne's ever-widening jazz scene. A past winner of the Wangaratta piano award (1991), he has worked with many of Australia's finest as a pianist, bandleader and accompanist.
Christopher Young
composer
Christopher Young is a Melbourne woodwind player and composer whose work centres on bass clarinet, with clarinet, saxophones and flute. He leads the Christopher Young Quartet in exploratory jazz and improvised music.
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Christopher Young Quartet · ensemble
- Christopher Young · bass clarinet, clarinet, flute
- Ted Vining · drums · all except tracks 3, 6 and 9
- Nick Haywood · double bass · all except track 8
- Tom Fryer · acoustic guitar · tracks 2–7 and 9
Technical credits
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Producer
Mal Stanley
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Recording Engineer
Mal Stanley
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Venue
ABC Studios, Melbourne
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Credit
Michael Portley
Niztaro
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 75 minutes 12 seconds
- Release date
- 17 May 2011
- Category
- Jazz
- Genre
- Jazz & Improvised
- Musical work copyright
- © 2009 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 2011 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3348
- EAN
- 9314574334821
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