Duncan, Lewis, Martin, Robertson…

At Rosedale United

BR 0314
2010
CD
1 disc
16.95 CAD -10%

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At Rosedale United
Cloud Hands, 10m00s [excerpt]
Christine Duncan, The Element Choir, Jim Lewis, Jean Martin, Eric Robertson, Jesse Zubot
Track 4 from At Rosedale United
CD: Barnyard (2010) BR 0314

In the Press…

This recording features Christine Duncan’s extraordinary 50-voice improvising ensemble, The Element Choir, in collaboration with Jesse Zubot, violin; Jim Lewis, trumpet; Jean Martin, percussion; and Eric Robertson, playing the church’s beautiful Cassavent pipe organ at Rosedale United.

I’ve watched The Element Choir grow into the wonderful paradox that it embodies on this record. It is both a ragged multiplicity — its membership reflects extreme differences of age, history, style, and education (just like that of any community) — and a remarkable unity under Christine Duncan’s singular leadership and conduction skills. Insofar as the Choir coheres into a single thing, though, it amounts to one of the five personalities who create this ostensibly small-group and — let it not be forgotten — freely improvised music: Duncan (Choir), Lewis, Martin, Robertson, and Zubot. They possess the musicality, playfulness, and restraint to allow these unique and, in the most sublime moments, overwhelming sound resources (not only instruments and voices, but also the space itself) to be harnessed and channeled into a tangible feeling of wonder. This is very literally a wonderful record. — Scott Thomson, January 2010

Track Listing

    • 1
      Prologue
      4m04s
    • 2
      As the Crow Flies
      12m00s
    • 3
      Funhouse
      14m00s
    • 4
      Cloud Hands
      10m00s
    • 5
      Dapple
      4m00s
    • 6
      Bird Calling
      11m00s
    • 7
      Processional
      10m43s
    • 8
      Sun Up
      10m30s
Total duration: 80m16s

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