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BUY NOW Artists Annelise Zamula - tenor saxophone, flute Jenny Maybee - piano Bill Noertker - double bass |
HEAR SOUNDCLIP NOW Tunes 1) Puppeteer 2) the Banyan Tree 3) Runcible Spoon 4) Four Mile Lake 5) Two Pine Needles 6) Haikyu 7) Suitcase 8) Wu Wei |
| This is the second release of the Noertker's Moxie live at the SIMM Series recordings on CD-R. Recorded 2 May, 2004 by the great Karen Stackpole. This suite was inspired by a haiku exchange between Noertker and one of his bass students. These tunes were composed using the 5-7-5 syllabic structure of the haiku as a jumping off point for musical phrases and rhythms. Solo, duo and trio compositions. Is it jazz? Is it classical? Is it chamber jazz? Who cares...? In the last decade, Bill Noertker has composed over 150 original pieces of music for jazz ensemble. His compositions point to the continuity between the jazz tradition and the avant-garde. His use of group improvisation and his attention to the individual voices of each of his bandmates call forth the human element so sorely missing from much of today’s jazz. |