{"id":113,"date":"2004-06-01T18:46:51","date_gmt":"2004-06-01T23:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/ht001\/"},"modified":"2004-06-01T18:46:51","modified_gmt":"2004-06-01T23:46:51","slug":"ht001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/ht001\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Burrell Full-Blown Trio: Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Expansion\"

Expansion<\/p><\/div>\n

    \n
  1. Expansion<\/li>\n
  2. Double Heartbeat<\/li>\n
  3. Cryin\u2019 Out Loud<\/li>\n
  4. They Say It\u2019s Wonderful<\/li>\n
  5. [download#7#nohits] [download#7#image]<\/li>\n
  6. In the Balance<\/li>\n
  7. Coup d\u2019Etat<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Dave Burrell \u2014 piano
    \nWilliam Parker \u2014 bass, kora
    \nAndrew Cyrille \u2014 drums<\/p>\n

    All compositions and arrangements by Dave Burrell (Lanikai Sounds Publishing Co., BMI), except #4 by Irving Berlin (Irving Berlin Music Co., ASCAP), arrangement by Dave Burrell.<\/p>\n

    Release Date: <\/strong> June 8, 2004<\/p>\n

    Cover panel photographs from the \u201cWest Philadelphia Suite\u201d by Don Camp<\/p>\n

    Session photographs by Shawn Brackbill
    \nDesign by Mariana Reynolds<\/a><\/p>\n

    Produced by Daniel Piotrowski with Dave Burrell and Mark Christman<\/p>\n

    Recorded by John Rosenberg at Systems Two, live to two-track, Dec. 2003<\/p>\n

    Mastered by Flam at Mindswerve Studios<\/a>, Jan. 2004<\/p>\n

    Recorded during a one-day session in December 2003, Expansion<\/em> captures the tectonic force realized by the trio on the band\u2019s then-recent fall 2003 tour, but also exposes the introspective sides of the musicians. Featuring a variety of pieces (the band locks into a tight 13\/8 time as well as it goes free), Expansion<\/em> highlights Burrell\u2019s iconoclastic composition style and well as his sensibility for the entire history of jazz.<\/p>\n

    Burrell penned six new pieces for the session that represent a broad approach to jazz composition. His dynamic range has resulted in a multi-faceted album that showcases his vast skill and style thru its many moods and motifs. The brilliance of the recording isn\u2019t just the variety, but how his kinship with Parker and Cyrille creates a seamless piece of art across the seven tracks.<\/p>\n

    The title track opens Expansion<\/em> with Burrell playing stride piano in a composition based on augmented triads. The time shifts in and out 13\/8, giving the piece a complex and eccentric elasticity that is extraordinary in modern jazz. For \u201cDouble Heartbeat,\u201d Cyrille puts away his cymbals, using only bass drum and toms. The effect is a deep pulsating conversation between Parker and Cyrille, which makes Burrell\u2019s crisp high notes sharp and dangerous. \u201cCryin\u2019 Out Loud\u201d is a slow, mournful duet between Parker and Burrell. Burrell\u2019s spare notes gracefully match Parker\u2019s bowed bass, creating the lament for the current world political\/military situation Burrell intended the piece to be.<\/p>\n

    After the darkness of \u201cCryin\u2019,\u201d Burrell\u2019s warmer side appears with a crisp version of an Irving Berlin show tune, \u201cThey Say It\u2019s Wonderful.\u201d Burrell reinvents it with his avant-garde approach while retaining the song\u2019s spirit. \u201cAbout Face\u201d is another composition influenced by recent military conflict. The title is meant by Burrell to represent a turning away from war. Cyrille\u2019s martial beat coupled with the accelerating tempo of the performance creates an overwhelming pleas for peace using the language of warfare \u2013 it\u2019s a vision of soldiers running away from battle as fast as they rush in. You can\u2019t much further from the mindset of war than \u201cIn the Balance.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Featuring Parker on kora (a West African harp), the trio creates a calming invocation, accented by Burrell\u2019s understated keyboard dance and the wash of cymbals by Cyrille\u2019s brushes. The title of the album\u2019s closer, \u201cCoup d\u2019Etat\u201d is another allusion to conflict. This time, however, the track\u2019s joyous spontaneity represents a takeover of freedom and exaltation, rather of war and despair.<\/p>\n

    Reviews<\/h2>\n

    JazzTimes<\/strong><\/a>
    \n{Chris Kelsey, Oct 2004}
    \n“Everything works. A terrific album.”<\/p>\n

    The Wire<\/strong>
    \n{Ben Watson, Aug 2004}
    \n“Burrell’s take on jazz tradition is intelligent and wilful, refusing the categories thrust on it by outsiders… This
    \nis the record to bring Burrell to the attention of all listeners who crave the unmistakable thump of authenticity.”<\/p>\n

    Village
    \nVoice <\/a><\/strong>
    \n{Francis Davis, Dec 29, 2004}
    \n“Number 2 Jazz album of 2004 : The best of the year’s many piano trios, with William Parker and Andrew Cyrille pacing a veteran eclectic whose stride on ‘They Say It’s Wonderful’ is, and whose karate clusters elsewhere persuade you it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that ping.”<\/p>\n

    Boston
    \nPhoenix<\/strong><\/a>
    \n{Ed Hazell, Oct 29, 2004}
    \n“His new trio with bassist William Parker and drummer Andrew Cyrille bridges the entire span of his music and brings it to life with exceptional vibrancy. The whole jazz tradition echoes throughout the collective free improvisation on the title track.”<\/p>\n

    Village Voice <\/strong>
    \n“A crowning achievement.”<\/p>\n

    Earshot!<\/a><\/strong>
    \n{L. Pounds, Dec 2004}
    \n“Expansion<\/em> is an outstanding jazz collage of pounding raw piano chord chunks, beautiful sprinting tonal lines, calculated piano flitter meanderings, bottom-end rumbling disjointed-walking jazz bass lines and expressionist\/explorative drum work.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Expansion Double Heartbeat Cryin\u2019 Out Loud They Say It\u2019s Wonderful [download#7#nohits] [download#7#image] In the Balance Coup d\u2019Etat Dave Burrell \u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[47,48,49,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","category-dave-burrell","category-ht001","category-releases"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":467,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/dave-burrell-expansion\/","url_meta":{"origin":113,"position":0},"title":"Dave Burrell: Expansion","author":"admin","date":"June 8, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Dave Burrell - Full Blown Trio Expansion 2004 CD, Mp3 Download","rel":"","context":"In "Artists"","block_context":{"text":"Artists","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/category\/artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Expansion","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ht001-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":719,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/jazz-times-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":113,"position":1},"title":"Review – Dave Burrell","author":"admin","date":"March 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: Source: Jazz Times link to article DAVE BURRELL FULL-BLOWN TRIO Expansion (High Two) \"My greatest recorded work,\" says 64-year-old Dave Burrell on the press release accompanying the Dave Burrell Full-Blown Trio's Expansion (High Two), and by golly, after listening I would be shocked if it wasn't. 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