Barry Guy - The Blue Shroud (2016)

Intakt Records: Intakt CD 266
http://www.intaktrec.ch/266-a.htm



* Barry Guy : bass, director
* Savina Yannatou : voice
* Ben Dwyer : guitar
* Agustí Fernández : piano
* Maya Homburger : violin
* Fanny Paccoud : viola
* Percy Pursglove : trumpet
* Torben Snekkestad : soprano saxophone, reed trumpet
* Michael Niesemann : alto saxophone, oboe
* Per Texas Johansson : tenor saxophone, clarinet
* Julius Gabriel : baritone saxophone
* Michel Godard : tuba, serpent
* Lucas Niggli : drums, percussion
* Ramón López : drums, percussion

http://www.barryguy.com/
http://www.barryguy.bandcamp.com/
http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mguy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Guy

Recorded October 17, 18, 2015, during the Ad Libitum Festival Warsaw
organised by the Polish Music Council Foundation at
the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio.
Reviews


By Tim Niland
http://www.jazzandblues.blogspot.com/2016/12/barry-guy-blue-shroud-intakt-records.html

British bassist and composer Barry Guy has produced a large, expansive,
progressive recording which melds spoken word, vocalization, strings and best
of all some torrid sections of large group improvisation. This longform
composition by Guy was recorded October 17 and 18, 2015 during the Ad Libitum
Festival in Warsaw. Guy has written many compositions for the London Jazz
Composers Orchestra and his own New Orchestra, and this is a large scale work
designed for a new international ensemble. Guy's work The Blue Shroud was
influenced by the paintings of Pablo Picasso. Not only is the music designed to
commemorate the people of the Spanish towns who were victims of the Nazi German
air force bombardment during the Spanish Civil War but also Guy wants to remind
listeners of the sad episode when the Picasso’s work at the United Nations
Security Council was covered by a blue drape during the discussions that led to
the ill fated war in Iraq. Guy looks to use the healing power of music to take
on the sadness of these historical events, making pains to call into account
the impact of the military might, governmental folly and the media
blindness. Barry Guy uses the techniques of new music and jazz improvisation,
as well as fragments of classical music and a section of poetry. It results in
a powerful and imposing piece of music. The voice and song of Greek singer
Savina Yannatou is at the center of much of the music, providing a deep sense
of gravitas, but also rays of hope and the presence of humanity. The band is
anchored by the leader’s bass along with four reeds, brass, piano, strings and
two drummers. The instrumentalists are able to provide the sombre music
necessary to support the vocalizations, but is also able to break out with some
fantastic and torrential playing the exemplifies the futility of war, but also
provides the catharsis to move beyond it.

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Intakt Records
http://www.intaktrec.ch/rev266-a.htm

By John Sharpe
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-blue-shroud-by-john-sharpe.php

By Raul da Gama
http://jazzdagama.com/cds/barry-guy-blue-shroud/

By Stuart Broomer
http://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/booksrecords2/jazzaimprovised/26066-the-blue-shroud-barry-guy

By Chris Baber
http://www.jazzviews.net/barry-guy---the-blue-shroud.html

Jan Granlie (no)
http://salt-peanuts.eu/record/barry-guy/

Johan Jacobsson (se)
http://orkesterjournalen.com/wordpress/?p=13062

Por Bruno Bènard-Guedes (pt)
http://opdoodles.com/2016/09/13/the-blue-shroud-de-barry-guy/

Par Jean Buzelin (fr)
http://www.culturejazz.fr/spip.php?article3004

Par Pierre Tenne (fr)
http://www.djamlarevue.com/blog/2016/6/14/barry-guy-the-blue-shroud

Par Claude Loxhay (fr)
http://www.jazzhalo.be/reviews/cdlp-reviews/b/barry-guy-the-blue-shroud/

Por Carlos Pérez Cruz (es)
http://www.elclubdejazz.com/discos-int/95/

Por I. Ortega (es)
http://www.distritojazz.com/discos-jazz/barry-guy-the-blue-shroud-band-the-blue-shroud