Name: Infinitude
Price: 14.25 USD
Availability: BackOrder

Release Date: 28th Oct 2016
Catalogue No: WR4694
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Length: 67 minutes

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RR.: Blue Yonder

Work length7:09

Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Ben Monder, Fraser Hollins, John Wikan

RR.: Swirlaround

Work length8:28

Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Ben Monder, Fraser Hollins, John Wikan

RR.: Echolalia

Work length9:18

Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Ben Monder, Fraser Hollins, John Wikan

RR.: Octofolk

Work length6:52

Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Ben Monder, Fraser Hollins, John Wikan

RR.: Duo Space

Work length5:37

Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Ben Monder, Fraser Hollins, John Wikan

RR.: Old Time

Work length5:52

Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Ben Monder, Fraser Hollins, John Wikan

RR.: Hopes Trail

Work length5:34

Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Ben Monder, Fraser Hollins, John Wikan

RR.: Trio: Garden Hour

Work length4:18

Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Ben Monder, Fraser Hollins, John Wikan

RR.: Margareta

Work length7:39

Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Ben Monder, Fraser Hollins, John Wikan

RR.: Dots and Braids

Work length7:07

Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Ben Monder, Fraser Hollins, John Wikan

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Over the past twenty years or so, as trumpeter and saxophonist respectively, the West Canadian sisters have each shaped prolific careers in contemporary jazz, collaborating with influential names such as Clark Terry, Maria Schneider and Terry Lynn Carrington, working with large and small ensembles, and responding to various commissions to compose for jazz orchestras around the globe.

For their Whirlwind debut, the Jensens have realised a long-held ambition - to write for and perform in the more intimate setting of a quintet, combining their intuitive, sibling trust with the creativity of renowned guitarist Ben Monder and the foundational artistry of bassist Fraser Hollins and drummer Jon Wikan. The particular rapport within this grouping is expressed by Christine (composer of half of this album's material), describing the environment as being less about soloing, but with an emphasis on the question, "How are we all going to dive into this pool and swim together." The resulting immersion, recorded in the studio across two days, sounds both live and organic.

The conversational feel which pervades this album's sixty-eight minutes is illustrated in opening track "Blue Yonder", where Ingrid's mellifluous trumpet technique (sounded through her custom-created flugel-cupped mouthpiece and 'flumpet' bell) melds with Christine's warm, legato alto to conjure the aura of a wordless vocal. Such grace is echoed by the often understated though lynchpin presence of Ben Monder (whose effect is explained by Christine as "something which is intimate, yet full of the future"); and that same quiet fire is evident in grittier, rock-tinged "Swirlaround" and a freewheeling, even punkish interpretation of Kenny Wheeler's "Old Time".

Personnel: Ingrid Jensen (trumpet, effects, kalimba and melodica), Christine Jensen (alto & soprano saxophones), Ben Monder (electric and hammertone guitar), Fraser Hollins (double bass), Jon Wikan (drums)

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