Négligé, by Michael Moore Quartet

Négligé

by Michael Moore Quartet

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1.	Bret N' Button 09:18		buy track
2.	Final Call 05:54		buy track
3.	Counterpoint # 1 05:19		buy track
4.	Ancient Sorrow 08:40		buy track
5.	Flying Dog (Sax) 02:27		buy track
6.	Tik-Tok 05:23		buy track
7.	Négligé 02:09		buy track
8.	Sparky 03:01	info	buy track
9.	Epigram 03:36	info	buy track
10.	Brunheiras 04:17		buy track
11.	No Real Pulse 05:35		buy track
12.	Build-Up 04:18		buy track
13.	The Sluggo Variations 03:56		buy track
14.	Flying Dog (clarinet) 02:45		buy track
15.	Counterpoint # 2 02:05		buy track

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Michael Moore - alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, bird calls
Ernst Reijseger - cello
Alex Maguire - piano, bells, bird calls
Michael Vatcher - percussion, hammer dulcimer

This quartet plays a very idiosyncratic repertoire; a quirky kind of chamber music - sometimes flowing, sometimes quick changing.

"This work begins with an introductory piano solo by Alex Maguire that quickly darts around before Michael Moore's equally arresting whinnying on alto saxophone, lustfully building into his more lonely neighing split-tones before groove-entry; euro-style swing jazz, free and playful, avant-garde, and unrelenting joyousness. An upbeat treasure for the world of jazz improv, it never holds one mood or tempo too long before it moves to another soundscape. Resolutions segue to new beginnings, with beautiful woodwinds, low clarinets balancing sax creeping through percussion, strings and electronic soundscapes. This avant-jazz with all its quirks and surprises was certainly enough to keep me playing this wonderfully listenable CD, with all its apparent 'dutchness' and 'un-dutchness'."

LaDonna Smith, The Improvisor, 1993

"" - Jazz Nu

"" - Jazzthetik

credits

released January 1, 1993

Composed by Michael Moore except as noted

Recorded December 19, 1989, Studio 44, Monster, Netherlands
except tracks 4, 5, 7, 14 recorded May 25, 1992, Studio 44, Monster, Netherlands

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Michael Moore Amsterdam, Netherlands

Michael Moore (1954, Eureka, California, USA) is a saxophone & clarinet player active primarily in Europe and North America playing creative jazz and improvised musics. He leads his own ensembles, works with the Instant Composers Pool Orchestra and many others, collaborates with dancers, teaches music at the Conservatories of Amsterdam and Groningen in the Netherlands and produces recordings. ... more