Columbia Icefield - Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes (2022)

Columbia Icefield
Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes
2022 - Pyroclastic Records: PR 20
https://www.pyroclasticrecords.com/release/ancient-songs-of-burlap-heroes/
https://www.davidbreskin.com/records/ancient-songs-of-burlap-heroes/
https://natewooleypyroclastic./album/ancient-songs-of-burlap-heroes

* Nate Wooley : trumpet, amplifier
* Mary Halvorson: guitar
* Susan Alcorn : pedal steel guitar
* Ryan Sawyer : drums
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* Mat Maneri : viola (2)
* Trevor Dunn : electric bass (4)

http://www.natewooley.com/
http://www.maryhalvorson.com/
https://www.susanalcorn.net/
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ryan-sawyer-mn0000735309
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_Maneri
https://www.trevordunn.net/

Recorded by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio in Mount Vernon,
New York, USA, on October 14-15, 2021.

Reviews
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By Stuart Broomer
https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/booksrecords2/jazzaimprovised/32201-nate-wooley-ancient-songs-of-burlap-heroes-columbia-icefield

[...]

As a trumpeter, Wooley extends the lyric, expressive tradition of Miles Davis
and Wadada Leo Smith, adding extended techniques, eerie electronics and
over-dubbing. Brief impressionistic inter-tracks suggest submerged struggles,
while the three long movements are developed instrumental dialogues, with guest
appearances on one track each by violist Mat Maneri and electric bassist Trevor
Dunn. The concluding Returning to Drown Myself, Finally, based on the Swedish
song, Nu är midsommar natt, is awash with sea sounds before Wooley’s
unaccompanied trumpet comes to the fore, then surrenders to the guitarists’
burbling liquid microtones.

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By Gary Chapin
https://www.freejazzblog.org/2022/12/three-overlooked-gems.html

By Troy Dostert
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ancient-songs-of-burlap-heroes-columbia-icefield-pyroclastic-records

By Jerome Wilson
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ancient-songs-of-burlap-heroes-columbia-icefield-pyroclastic-records__26568

By Troy Collins
https://pointofdeparture.org/PoD80/PoD80MoreMoments5.html

By Eyal Hareuveni
https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/nate-wooley-4/

Ivan Rod (dk)
https://www.ivanrod.dk/2022/07/29/columbia-icefield-ancient-songs-of-burlap-heroes/