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Kaleidoscope

SKU: 12390

Price:
AU $23.00

Label: Tall Poppies Cat. No.: TP195 Medium: CD No. Discs: 1

GEST8 is the brainchild of Sandy Evans and Tony Gorman, and continues their exploration of new sounds in improvisation and jazz. Kaleidoscope is the band?s debut CD.

GEST8 is extraordinary for its instrumentation (which includes koto and electronics) and for the undeniable virtuosity of each player. These talents contribute equally to bring some marvellous original compositions to life in a distinctively Australian manner - an unusual blend of ancient and modern sounds. The medieval meets the avant-garde through this band?s creative processes, stimulating musicianship and camaraderie. This is one of the most interesting and unusual jazz performances you are likely to hear for some time.

Impossibly, this band is greater than the sum of its parts.

"Adding Satsuki Odamura's koto and Greg White's computer to a jazz sextet could have just been cutely postmodern, like a restaurant serving ice-cream with lentils. But the compositions of Tony Gorman and Sandy Evans ensure GEST8's instrumentation is no idle frivolity. They are built to maximise both the potential of the players and the divergent textural possibilities, with the koto often being central.

"The exceptional vitality and clarity of the recording hits you instantly, from the icy sounds of Lambent to the way the layered nuances in the breezy West African groove of A Shower of Sunbeams seem to be individually illuminated.

"Ideal contexts are provided for Simon Barker's distinctive drumming in a potent engine room with Steve Elphick's sumptuously captured bass and Carl Dewhursts's sizzling guitar, while the brilliant soloists are completed by trumpeter Phil Slater and reeds-man Paul Cutlan." - Sydney Morning Herald.

Artists:

Sandy Evans (saxophone, bandleader), Tony Gorman (bandleader), Simon Barker (drums), Paul Cutlan (saxophones, clarinet), Carl Dewhurst (guitar), Steve Elphic (double-bass), Satsuki Odamura (koto), Phil Slater (trumpet), Greg White (computer).

Composers:

Simon Barker, Carl Dewhurst, Steve Elphick, Sandy Evans, Terry Gorman, Satsuki Odamura, Phil Slater, Greg White.

Tracks:

Odamura/Evans	Mosaic
Evans	A Shower Of Sunbeams
Evans	Winter Flight
Evans	Inner Space
Gorman	The Emperor's Old Clothes
Gorman	Whistling At Dinner
Gorman	Kaleidoscope
Gorman	Lambent
Slater/White	Platform
Gorman	Suddenly Susanly
Evans	School's Out
Evans	The March Of Captain Vanstone
Dewhurst/Barker/Elphick/Slater	Nothing Like