Anna Webber - Idiom (2021)

Anna Webber
Idiom
2021 - Pi Recordings: PI89
https://www.pirecordings.com/albums/idiom/
https://annawebber.bandcamp.com/album/idiom

CD1

* Anna Webber : tenor saxophone, flute
* Matt Mitchell : piano
* John Hollenbeck : drums

CD2 (“Idiom VI”)

* Anna Webber : tenor saxophone, flute, bass flute
* Nathaniel Morgan : alto saxophone
* Yuma Uesaka : tenor saxophone, clarinet, contra-alto clarinet
* Adam O’Farril : trumpet
* David Byrd-Marrow : horn
* Jacob Garchik : trombone
* Erica Dicker : violin
* Joanna Mattrey : viola
* Mariel Roberts : cello
* Liz Kosack : synthesizer
* Nick Dunston : bass
* Satoshi Takeishi : drums
* Eric Wubbels : conductor

http://www.annakristinwebber.com/
http://www.annawebber.bandcamp.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Webber_(musician)
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/anna-webber-mn0001088117

Recorded
· by Greg Dicrosta at Firehouse 12, in New Haven, Connecticut, USA (CD1),
and
· by Aaron Nevezie The Bunker Studio, in Brooklyn, New York, USA (CD2).

Reviews

By Steve Futterman
https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/anna-webber-idiom

Anna Webber’s music, whether scored for a lean trio or amplified by way of a
twelve-piece ensemble, demands much of unsuspecting listeners. A saxophonist
and flutist fascinated with extended technique—encouraging unconventional
sounds from her instruments (as well as those of her bandmates)—Webber uses the
first part of this challenging and often bracing dual-disk set to feature her
cohesive working unit with the drummer John Hollenbeck and the pianist Matt
Mitchell on four pieces that nestle fervent improvisation amid angular
compositions. Making use of the larger band, Webber’s disk-long “Idiom VI”
offers more varied and inviting passages. Despite alluring moments—Adam
O’Farrill’s ing trumpet passage on “Interlude 2,” the spooky intro on
“Interlude 3”—listeners can never really let down their guards. Webber is here
to consciously stretch the orchestral jazz tradition, not to make nice.

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By Paul Acquaro
https://www.freejazzblog.org/2021/08/anna-webber-idiom-pi-recordings-2021.html

By Mark Corroto
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/idiom-anna-webber-pi-recordings

By Hrayr Attarian
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/idiom-anna-webber-pi-recordings__24201

By Tim Niland
https://jazzandblues.blogspot.com/2021/05/anna-webber-idiom-pi-recordings-2021.html

By John Sharpe
https://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD75/PoD75MoreMoments6.html

By Filipe Freitas
https://jazztrail.net/blog/anna-webber-idiom-album-review

By Peter Margasak
https://thequietus.com/articles/30005-hamid-drake-milford-graves-jazz-review

Por Sergio Piccirilli (es)
https://elintruso.com/anna-webber-idiom/