INSTANTS - DANI, SCLAVIS, COURTOIS, GREGORY

Instants captures a meeting of jazz improvisation and contemporary composition in the remarkable setting of the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. Drummer and composer Roberto Dani leads an unusual acoustic quartet with Louis Sclavis on clarinets, Vincent Courtois on cello and Kyle Gregory on trumpet and flugelhorn. Four extended pieces move between written material and spontaneous invention, with an emphasis on acoustic colour and ensemble interaction.

Available editions

• CD — Velut Luna CVLD076CD.
• Hi-Res WAV file 96 kHz / 24 bit — Velut Luna CVLD076.

Tracklist

1. Part I — Last Minute / Urgency — 18:17 (Roberto Dani / Alberto Pinton)
2. Part II — Le città invisibili — 17:56 (Roberto Dani)
3. Part III — Instants — 13:52 (Roberto Dani / Louis Sclavis / Vincent Courtois / Kyle Gregory)
4. Part IV — Cambiamento — 10:59 (Roberto Dani)

The third section is generally indexed as Part III / Instants rather than a separately titled composition in the historical notes. Timings in the original JBC listing differ by a few seconds from some digital services.

Musicians

• Roberto Dani — drums and percussion
• Louis Sclavis — clarinets
• Vincent Courtois — cello
• Kyle Gregory — trumpet, flugelhorn and piccolo trumpet

Recording and mastering

Live performance at Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy, recorded in May 2002 as part of the city's jazz programming. The original notes specify a 96 kHz / 24-bit digital recording. The album was released in 2003. This is a documented live performance, not a generic live-in-studio session.

Credits

Leader and composer: Roberto Dani, with compositional contributions by the quartet in Part III and Alberto Pinton in Part I
Label: Velut Luna
Catalogue: CVLD076.

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