Ned Rothenberg & Hamid Drake
Full Circle - Live in Łódź
2017 - Fundacja Słuchaj!: FSR 02|2017 / 5905279364165
https://sluchaj.org/
https://sluchaj.bandcamp.com/album/full-circle-live-in-d



* Ned Rothenberg : clarinet, alto saxophone, shakuhachi
* Hamid Drake : drums, frame drum, vocal

http://www.nedrothenberg.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Rothenberg
http://restructures.net/Drake/Hamid_disco_home.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Drake

Recorded live by Kamil Bobrukiewicz at Ciągoty i Tęsknoty,
Łódź, Poland, on July 5th, 2016.

Reviews

By Tim Niland
https://jazzandblues.blogspot.com/2017/06/ned-rothenberg-and-hamid-drake-full.html

This is an intimate and varied duet album featuring Ned Rothenberg on alto
saxophone, clarinet and shakuhachi and Hamid Drake on drums and vocals which
was recorded live in Poland, in July of 2016. Both men have quite a bit of
experience in playing jazz and improvised music in various downtown settings
and they bring this into a sympathetic meeting. They begin their performance
with the lengthy "Full Beams Dazzling" which has strong and powerful saxophone
playing met by muscular drumming that creates a flexible and vibrant
combination. Rothenberg moves to clarinet for the succeeding piece, "Tupuri
Gifts," which takes a more subtle approach with Drake developing an
ever-shifting rhythm on drums and percussion, one that suits the music
perfectly and allows the instruments to intertwine in a natural and organic
manner. "Lotus Blooming in the Heart" takes the music in a more spiritual
direction with Drake adding soulful vocalizing to soft and reverent
percussion. Rothenberg adds the exotic shakuhachi to the mix creating a very
charming and continuously interesting performance. They return to more
traditional free jazz with "Full Circle" with the music unfolding gradually and
episodically, without forcing anything. They finish the concert with another
spiritual, playing a rich and vibrant version of the traditional standard "Wade
in the Water" with Rothenberg's deep and rich saxophone met perfectly with
Drake's gentle groove. This concert was very successful with two very talented
and individual musicians meeting on common ground and creating spontaneous and
memorable music.

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By Massimo Ricci
http://www.squidsear.com/cgi-bin/news/newsView.cgi?newsID=2012
https://massimoriccisquid.wordpress.com/2018/02/01/hamid-drake-ned-rothenberg-full-circle-live-in-lodz/

Redakcja (pl)
https://www.jazzarium.pl/aktualnosci/nowa-p%C5%82yta-fundacji-s%C5%82uchaj-hamid-drake-i-ned-rothenberg-full-circle-live-%C5%82%C3%B3d%C5%BA

Maciej Krawiec (pl)
https://www.jazzarium.pl/przeczytaj/recenzje/full-circle

Łukasz Iwasiński (pl)
http://www.popupmusic.pl/no/48/galerie/790/ned-rothenberg--hamid-drake

Marcin Marchwiński (pl)
http://popupmusic.pl/no/50/recenzje/2641/ned-rothenberg-hamid-drake-full-circle-live-in-lodz-2016

Da Giuseppe Segala (it)
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/full-circle-live-in-lodz-ned-rothenberg-hamid-drake-fundacja-sluchaj-review-by-giuseppe-segala.php