Wednesday 12 January 2011

Michael Formanek - Wide Open Spaces (1990)

01.Edge to Edge Formanek 2:22
02.Yahoo Justice Formanek 5:31
03.Fantasy Scape Formanek 5:31
04.Wide Open Spaces Formanek 5:38
05.The Sage Formanek 2:39
06.Cloak and Dagger Formanek 4:16
07.Wild Dreams Formanek 2:26
08.Coffee Time Formanek 2:32
09.Home, at Home Formanek 8:35
10.Slothdancing Formanek 5:37
11.Outerlude Formanek 2:27
12.Razing Walls Formanek 2:59
13.Ancestral Voices Formanek 1:35
14.Edge to Edge Formanek 1:32
15.Open Door Formanek :35.

Mark Feldman - Violin
Vic Firth - Drum Sticks
Michael Formanek - Bass
Jeff Hirshfield - Drums
Wayne Krantz - Guitar
Greg Osby - Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano).

Bassist Michael Formanek, who contributed all 15 selections to this CD (some of which are quite brief), utilizes an adventurous quintet also including Greg Osby on alto and soprano, violinist Mark Feldman, guitarist Wayne Krantz, and drummer Jeff Hirshfield. The very distinctive voices of Osby and Feldman, the quirky melodies (some of which sound as if they could have been written by Ornette Coleman), and the consistent surprises make this memorable set highly recommended to open-eared listeners.by Scott Yanow.
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