Abbs, Tom / Frequency Response - Lost & Found CD (Mega Blowout Sale)
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Tom Abbs: bass, cello, tuba, compositions
Brian Settles: tenor and soprano sax, flute
Jean Cook: violin
Chad Taylor: drums
“Rarely does a recording's clarity of purpose come through in one listening, but bassist Tom Abbs and Frequency Response's Lost + Found fits the bill. The significance of this record originates in the brevity of each of bassist Abbs' eighteen pieces—lasting, on average, only slightly over three minutes, with the longest being six and the shortest about two.
The key to plugging into this album is recognizing that the major concern is the expression of one musical concept after another. A story is told; each track behaves as a chapter in its development. The basis for the entire design is tight, smart and so simple that it borders on the transcendental.
Not all the instruments play on every piece. Abbs himself changes instruments, choosing the bass, cello or tuba based on timbral considerations. He begins the album on bass, plucking a pizzicato that shapes a lullaby, continued expressively by violinist Jean Cook but quickly twisted and overrun by saxophonist's Brian Settles' mournful squealing ("Lost"). Mid-record, Abbs picks up the cello, and subsequently the tuba. The cello expands the stringency Cook's violin ("Parse," "Strung") or emphasizes the rhythm as if in a pattern of walking ("Pedestrian"). In the background, the tuba imitates the phrasing of the saxophone ("Bars," "Box") or extends its tonal breadth ("Cross"). With the bass, Abbs performs the same function ("Pedestrian").”-AllAboutJazz
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