A Mirror to Machaut, by feat. Joachim Badenhorst, Russ Lossing, Drew Gress and Gerry Hemingway

A Mirror to Machaut

by feat. Joachim Badenhorst, Russ Lossing, Drew Gress and Gerry Hemingway

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complete scores (manuscripts) of A Mirror to Mahchaut (10 charts). Does not include Cantus Planus for solo piano.

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Copies of the manuscripts: Cantus Planus for solo piano

"Cantus Planus" is a solo piano piece that I wrote for Russ Lossing. The composition is based on the structure of a plainchant written by Guillaume Dufay. I worked here with a limited amount of compositional material: the rhythm is the same throughout the totality of the piece but used in three different degrees of transformation and speed. Therefore with that idea in mind, I was able to create an acceleration and a deceleration to go back to the initial tempo.

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	1.	Hymn 07:36
	2.	Douce dame jolie 01:39
	3.	Saltarello 05:49
	4.	Dame, se vous m'estes lointeinne 03:14
	5.	Color 06:16
	6.	Cantus Planus 04:25
	7.	De fortune me doy pleindre et loer 02:14
	8.	Bohemia 08:20
	9.	Linea 05:25
	10.	Introït 06:13
	11.	Complainte: Tels rit au main qui au soir pleure 05:36

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In their second release, celebrated Berlin-based Swiss trombonist’s Euro-American band find common ground between avant jazz and the sophisticated court music of medieval masters Machaut and Dufay. Blaser takes a varied approach to the material, from faithful transcriptions to recompositions that freely adapt formal elements of the originals. The band members, long recognized for their contributions to jazz and beyond, play with a relaxed refinement that occasionally erupts in joyful abandon. Benoît Delbecq’s glowing audiophile production and Blaser’s colorful arrangements establish a continuity of mood and feeling that gives the record broad appeal. Blaser is ranked #7 on the Downbeat Critics Poll this year for trombone (August issue).

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released August 13, 2013

Samuel Blaser, trombone
Joachim Badenhorst, bass clarinet, clarinet, tenor saxophone
Drew Gress, double bass
Russ Lossing, piano, Rhodes, Wurlitzer
Gerry Hemingway, drums, percussion

Check the beautiful trailer made by Mathieu Mastin:
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Samuel Blaser compositions and arrangements
Produced by Samuel Blaser
Artistic director Benoît Delbecq
Recorded by Jean-Paul Gonnod at Studio de Meudon, France,
February 19-20, 2013
Steinway technician: Bernard Faulon
Mixed by Etienne Bultingaire and Benoît Delbecq at PlushSpace, Paris,
April 1-2, 2013
Mastered by Djengo Hartlap at Artlab
Samuel Blaser is a XO Brass artist

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Samuel Blaser La Chaux De Fonds, Switzerland

Samuel Blaser (20 July 1981 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) is a Swiss trombonist and composer.

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