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For centuries composers as varied as Handel and Hancock, Elgar and Ellington have drawn inspiration from the majesty and power of the world’s great bodies of water. Stephan Crump has been surrounded by water for nearly his entire life, but the large-scale composition he will bring to the Cleveland Museum of Art on April 24, examines the aquatic from a very different point of view.
Leave a CommentI get a lot of music for my consideration, more than 360 new releases so far this year. Almost all of them are notable for something, and I’d like to give them their due. So every week, I’ll do quick hits on the releases of the preceding seven days. it’s a great writing exercise, and a lot of fun, too.
Think of “Something to Say“ as a map that leads the listener directly to trombonist Matt Haviland‘s musical heart. He gets you there pretty quick, exploding out of the blocks with Freddie Hubbard’s “Arietis,” the adrenalized hard-bop workout that led off Hubbard’s “Ready for Freddie.” That classic Blue Note session was recorded in 1961, and Johnathan Blake’s muscular, post-Tony Williams drum style excepted,
