Hear in Now - Not Living in Fear (2017)

Hear in Now
Not Living in Fear
2017 - International Anthem Recording Company: IARC 0012
http://www.intlanthem.com/releases/iarc0012
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/not-living-in-fear



* Mazz Swift : violin, voice
* Tomeka Reid : cello
* Silvia Bolognesi : double bass
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* Dee Alexander : vocals (7)

http://www.hearinnow.com/
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hear-in-now-mn0003614897

http://www.mazzmuzik.com/
http://www.tomekareid.net/
https://www.silviabolognesi.com/
http://www.deealexander.net/

Tracks 1-3, 7-9, and 12
 recorded by Alex Inglizian at Experimental Sound Studio,
 Chicago, December 2nd and 3rd, 2012.
Tracks 4-6, 10-11, and 13
 recorded by Griffin Rodriguez at Huron,
 Chicago, September 28th, 2014.

Reviews

By Daniel Barbiero
https://avantmusicnews.com/2017/09/13/amn-reviews-hear-in-now-not-living-in-fear-international-anthem-iarc0012/

The trio Hear in Now not only crosses national borders with its
personnel—violinist Mazz Swift and cellist Tomeka Reid are from the US, while
double bassist Silvia Bolognesi is from Siena, Italy—with its music, it crosses
the border between composition and improvisation as well.

The music on Hear in Now’s second studio release, Not Living in Fear, is sui
generis. It isn’t jazz, although it does embrace improvisation and some of the
feel of jazz, and it isn’t classical, although it does contain composed
passages that refigure some of the conventions of post-Minimalist and
neo-Romantic music. Whatever label one may wish to use, the music is tightly
focused and strongly lyrical throughout.  In fact structured lyricism is the
most striking quality; all three instruments play melodies in turn, often
layered over an accompaniment of the other two instruments’ repeated
figures. Bolognesi’s pizzicato lines are especially effective in anchoring the
higher voices of violin and cello; Reid’s solid cello work—the essential middle
voice binding upper and lower registers–and Swift’s expressive portamento both
sit well over the bass’s firmly grounded foundation. Two of the recording’s
highlights are pieces dedicated to musical forebears: the elegiac Requiem for
Charlie Haden features Bolognesi’s heartfelt pizzicato, while the hymn-like
Prayer for Wadud is a beautiful exploration of Phrygian melody and ambience.

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By Thom Jurek
https://www.allmusic.com/album/not-living-in-fear-mw0003043894

By Eric McDowell
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2017/07/two-from-tomeka-part-2.html

By Derek Taylor
http://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/162358759091/hear-in-now-not-living-in-fear-international

By John Morrison
https://jazzrightnow.com/2017/08/01/review-hear-in-now-not-living-in-fear/

By Brenda Nelson-Strauss
http://blackgrooves.org/hear-in-now-not-living-in-fear/

By Stewart Smith
https://thequietus.com/articles/22660-william-parker-tomeka-reid-lol-coxhill-jazz-review

Marta Jundziłł (pl)
https://www.jazzarium.pl/przeczytaj/recenzje/not-living-fear

Da Neri Pollastri (it)
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/not-living-in-fear-hear-in-now-international-anthem-recording-company-review-by-neri-pollastri.php

Por «el intruso» (es)
https://elintruso.com/el-segundo-album-del-trio-hear-in-now/