Le Boeuf Brothers - Imaginist '2016

Tracks list

Grammy Award nomination – Best Instrumental Composition, 2017 –
Alkaline

(The JACK Quartet is) the go-to quartet for contemporary music, tying impeccable
musicianship to intellectual ferocity and a take-no-prisoners sense of
commitment.
- The Washington Post

... deftly weaves together disparate worlds: contemporary classical instrumental
techniques in the string quartet, collective group improvisation and
experimental jazz.
- JazzTimes.com

(The Le Boeuf Brothers are) talented musicians and award-winning composers who
channel their influences, environments and resources into works that reflect
their own identities.
- All About Jazz

This concept album brings together genre-bending jazz artists the Le Boeuf
Brothers and award-winning contemporary string ensemble the JACK Quartet. The
centrepiece is a narrated arrangement of the Franz Kafka short story A Dream,
read by Paul Whitworth. The score intricately connects the narration with music
by a jazz quintet led by the brothers and the string quartet, making for a
fascinating listening experience. The textures alternate between word painting
the quixotic story to open improvised sections, featuring the agile playing of
the brothers and their collaborators, with string heavy sections highlighting
the JACK’s well coordinated palette of extended timbres.

Tracklist:
01. Ben Wendel - Prologue (feat. Ben Wendel): (feat. Ben Wendel) (4:03)
02. Justin Brown - Alkaline (feat. Ben Wendel & Justin Brown) (7:32)
03. Ben Wendel - Pretenders (feat. Ben Wendel) (7:20)
04. JACK Quartet - A Dream: No. 1. Introduction (4:10)
05. Ben Wendel - A Dream: No. 2. Grave Mound (feat. Ben Wendel) (3:39)
06. JACK Quartet - A Dream: No. 3. An Artist (2:10)
07. JACK Quartet - A Dream: No. 4. Here Lies… (4:21)
08. JACK Quartet - A Dream: No. 5. He Began to Cry (2:11)
09. JACK Quartet - A Dream: No. 6. At Long Last (1:41)
10. JACK Quartet - Exquisite Corpse: No. 1. Foreshadow (3:46)
11. JACK Quartet - No. 2. Flashback (4:06)
12. JACK Quartet - Epilogue (3:31)

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