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Guitarist, composer, improvisor Scott Fields has been performing and recording around the globe over the last three decades. A native of Chicago, his earliest improvisations were influenced by the AACM. Although as a leader he performs with a number of line-ups, he calls them all The Scott Fields Ensemble, largely in homage to the Art Ensemble of Chicago. |
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that Like virtually all of Fields' music, the compositions on this that blur the distinction between what is improvised and what is composed. Currently the trend in much of improvised music is to eliminate all thoughts of composition, and in fact that is what Lee and van der Schyff expected when Fields proposed this project. But Fields rejects this movement, grumbling accusations under his breath of "simple convenience trumping architectural purity" and "economic realities superceding philosophical vigor." More openly he explains that "More than 30 years ago I performed in a trio that performed nothing but spontaneous music. Since then I've really lost interest in performing free improv. Although I do still occasionally perform purely spontaneous music as a sideman and in 'first meetings,' all of my recorded work relies on controlled variation of structure, pitch groupings, texture, and other musical characteristics as frameworks for improvisation." "Fields' music will appeal to those who feel that Eric Dolphy's 'Out to Lunch' was one of the seminal recordings of the '60s. That disc also sounds like a textbook for Fields and his quintet." -- Steve Goldstein, Midwest Jazz Magazine 8 tracks in 60:46 minutes. More Accretions One Final Note Review :::>>> Tell A Friend About This CD From Drimala If you like this cd, you might also enjoy listening to: Dénouement (Scott Fields Ensemble) Fugu (Scott Fields Ensemble) Hornet's Collage (Fields, Houle, Roebke) Koi/Klops (Milo Fine's Free Jazz Ensemble) Amen (Keith Yaun Quartet) These Are Our Shoes (Lee and van der Schyff) Fryed Fruit (Brötzmann, Yudanov, Luoma) The Laughing Owl (Terrie Ex and Han Bennink) Sponge (van der Schyff and Chris Tarry) |
