Frank Glover
Politico
© 2005 Frank Glover (837101033954)
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This recording took three years to complete. It showcases the clarinet in a modern american setting using influences from hip-hop, funk, classical music and modern big-band writing textures. If you play the clarinet you simply have to listen to the samples. There is nothing quite like it by any American clarinetist. All the compositions are original and it took an entire year to write them. There is a latin american concerto inspired by Astor Piazolla, truly modern big band writing inspired by Maria Schneider,
two pieces for film that are written for clarinet and string orchestra inspired by the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, and two other originals, "Politico" and "One Way Ticket". Steve Allee plays a simply gorgeous solo on "Concierto para Quarteto part 1" and he sounds terrific on the whole CD. Jack Helsley and Bryson Kern worked extremely hard to give "Politico" it's high energy.
Please check out the samples and I hope you find that you will want to have a copy of "Politico" in your collection.
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GRRREEEAAAATTT!!!
author: Carole Ann PotterI don't own much jazz, mostly classical and easy rock, but this album (the entire thing) just really spoke to me. The clarinet work is terrific especially in "The Last Blue Tang". It so touched my heart and maybe my soul.
Absolutely brilliant
author: Tom HensleyThis album is so spectacular in every way that it's hard to know where to begin. The playing, of course, is spot-on perfect, creative and powerful. The compositions are consistently interesting and surprising, as are the arrangements and orchestration. The string writing is fresh and gorgeous and emotional without ever becoming cloying. there's an enormous overall intellectual impact to the package and its contents that is no accident. I note that Glover designed the album's look as well as its music. Did I mention that I liked it? You'll never hear any better clarinet playing than this, and the varied settings make for an easier listening experience than in, for example, his previous album which was strictly clarinet/piano, great though that album was. Still, this is demanding music and you should shut up while it's playing and listen intently, because the music deserves your full attention. I haven't heard very many albums by recent crops of jazzers which have moved me the way I was moved by the classics of decades ago, but this album is one which carries on that tradition.