Scott DuBois - Autumn Wind (2017)

Scott DuBois
Autumn Wind
2017 - ACT Music + Vision GmbH + Co. KG: ACT 9856-2 (CD) / ACT 9856-1 (2 LPs)
https://www.actmusic.com/Kuenstler/Scott-DuBois/Autumn-Wind/Autumn-Wind-CD
https://www.actmusic.com/en/Artists/Scott-DuBois/Autumn-Wind/Autumn-Wind-CD

* Scott DuBois : guitar, conductor
* Gebhard Ullmann: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
* Thomas Morgan : bass
* Kresten Osgood : drums

* Eva León : violin
* Conway Kuo : violin
* William Frampton: viola
* Sarah Rommel : cello

* Erin Lesser : flute
* BJ Karpen : oboe
* Elisabeth Stimpert: clarinet
* Michael Harley : bassoon

https://www.scottdubois.com/
http://www.gebhard-ullmann.com/
http://www.thomasmorgan.net/
https://www.osgood.funky.dk/

Scott DuBois Quartet
recorded by Thomas Vang and assistant engineer Johan Jørgensen
at The Village in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 4, 2017.

String quartet & woodwind quartet
recorded by Ryan Streber and assistant engineer Michael Quick
at Oktaven Audio in Mt. Vernon, New York on April 30, 2017.

Reviews
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By Ed Enright
https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/autumn-wind

The intersection of modern jazz and contemporary classical music became a much
more interesting place last fall with the release of Autumn Wind, guitarist
Scott DuBois’ album with German reedist Gebhard Ullmann, New York bassist
Thomas Morgan and Danish drummer Kresten Osgood, who together constitute a
longstanding quartet. An ambitious follow-up to the group’s 2015 release,
Winter Light (ACT), the new recording features 12 interrelated DuBois
compositions, each one starting with a different note that effectively creates
a 12-tone row—which DuBois uses as a recurring musical device throughout the
extended work. Conceptual elements run deeper still with the superimposition of
a traditional string quartet (violins, viola, cello) and an orchestral woodwind
quartet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon) over certain pieces, creating dense
textures that thicken the highly ambient atmosphere. This is the sound of
seemingly disparate worlds coming together in an impressionistic weave of
minimalism, serialism, nostalgic Americana, careful orchestration and
unfettered free improvisation—music that’s as delicate as it is bold. DuBois
starts the program solo, his guitar conjuring vast soundscapes that help
establish the album’s reflective, change-of-seasons mood and foretell of
stormier days and darker nights to come as autumn progresses. Subsequent pieces
gradually add instrumental voices and build in intensity until everything
culminates in a finale for 12 musicians, structured upon DuBois’ now-complete
12-tone row. A 13th track, “Mid-November Moonlit Forest String Quartet
Reprise,” ends the album in quiet reflection. Despite the headier aspects of
Autumn Wind, listeners need neither a Ph.D. nor a calendar to enjoy this
profoundly beautiful, genre-dissolving album.

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By Dan Bilawsky
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/autumn-wind-scott-dubois-act-music-review-by-dan-bilawsky.php

By Tim Niland
https://jazzandblues..com/2018/01/scott-dubois-autumn-wind-act-music-2017.html

By John Garratt
https://www.popmatters.com/scott-dubois-autumn-wind-2508494266.html

By bluesever (en/pl)
http://www.theblues-thatjazz.com/en/jazz/5975-scott-dubois/22487-scott-dubois--autumn-wind-2017.html

Niels Overgård (da)
https://jazznyt..com/2017/12/scott-dubois-autumn-wind-act.html

Philippe De Cleen (nl)
https://writteninmusic.com/albumrecensie/scott-dubois-autumn-wind/

Da Neri Pollastri (it)
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/autumn-wind-scott-dubois-act-music-review-by-neri-pollastri.php

Par Gilles Gaujarengues (fr)
https://www.citizenjazz.com/Scott-DuBois.html

Por Fernando Bonete Vizcaíno (es)
https://eldebatedehoy.es/cultura/autumn-wind/

Por Enrique Farelo (es)
https://www.tomajazz.com/web/?p=32785