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"Just think about serenity, awareness of life, and a little bit of primordial energy." -- Massimo Ricci
Quick Ordering for Joe Giardullo Joe McPhee Tani Tabbal Mike
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Now Is features multi-instrumentalists Joe Giardullo and Joe McPhee backed by the rhythm section of Tani Tabbal and Mike Bisio in their second recording as a quartet and for Drimala Records. Working in a groove of radical grace that those who have had the fortune of hearing them live know all to well, their music “conveys the quietude of dawn, the energy of daylight, and the contemplativeness of night.” Giardullo focuses on soprano saxophone, and Joe McPhee interjects on pocket trumpet, flugelhorn, and his own soprano. Balancing Giardullo and McPhee's uncanny communications are Mike Bisio's sweeping bass and Tani Tabbal's impressionist drumming...establishing the compositional tone with rhythms that evoke the humidity of a lagoon at dawn, or the languorous heat of the African desert. As Jeff Stockton from AllAboutJazz-New York wrote, "This is music that puts the listener in an earthy, primordial place, registering on the most instinctive level. Prepare to be transported." 7 tracks in 55:11 minutes Titles and Tracks: 1. Now Is 2. Spin 3. Conference 4. SCINT 5. O.A.O.L. 6. Spring Theory 7. Close The following is from Joe Giardullo's interview with Rui Eduardo Paes as he discusses Now Is. The full interview. The title “Now Is” is not intended to imply urgency but rather a directness - a directness of purpose and a directness of sound. It was my intention for the music to have a greater clarity than much of the other music I have done. My only considerations for the recording session were these: that I would only play soprano , and that I wanted the music to be “clear” - each instrument to be crystal clear in conception and sound. That was it. I knew the sound I hoped to achieve even though, as usual, I didn’t have any idea what we would play. And yes, I guess it is the music of the “day after” because once you know something, you can never act as if you don’t know it, even if you want to. What I knew as a player was that there was too much noise in the air for me, and not enough clarity. Before people can understand what you have to say, they must be able to hear your voice clearly. Otherwise they hear something that is not there or hear it incorrectly. Speaking only for me, my “voice” on the soprano had never been captured on a recording. “Now Is” does that for me. Also, the first time Joe McPhee and I met and played together 12 years ago, we each played soprano, and the real sound of that has never been captured fully until “Now Is”.
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