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Language of Swans
Language of Swans
features
multi-instrumentalists Joe Giardullo with long time collaborators, Michael Thompson on
drums and piano and Chris Sullivan on bass, otherwise known as CSQ. This is Joe's second recording for
Drimala Records and a world away from his first recording,
Shadow
& Light. Here Joe is relaxed, the sound is easy and flowing, with a
casualness that belies the intensity of effort. The compositions explore the
metaphor of nature's language using the elegance of swans as a foil for the exploration.
The music traces the transmigration of life through music without
self-consciousness or presumption.
The
session moves from the sensitive, almost delicate, ballad on "A Tear For The
Missing" to an absolute tour de force of circular breathing on
"Migrations"...but these are only arbitrary stopping points along the complete
journey of musical discovery that Joe takes the listener on. Behind Giardullo is one
of the strongest, if not the most eclectic, rhythm section working today in Thompson and
Sullivan. Anticipating his every nuance and phrase, their rhythmic intensity and
discoveries reflect a broad history across a wide spectrum of styles from the hard driving
free sounds of Archie Shepp to the calypso rhythms of the Mighty Sparrow. But the
result is never muddy or confused. Theirs is a journey of purpose, tightly focused,
without distraction...but taken at leisure.
7
tracks in 53:09 minutes.
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