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01. Fire! Orchestra - Actions For Free Jazz Orchestra, part 1
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02. Fire! Orchestra - Actions For Free Jazz Orchestra, part 2
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ARTIST
FIRE! ORCHESTRA
TITLE
Actions
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
RUNE GRAMMOFON
CATALOG #
RLP 3212LP
RLP 3212LP
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
4/3/2020
LP version. Original score by
Krzysztof Penderecki
. New reading and conduction by
Mats Gustafsson
. The first (and until now only?) recorded interpretation of Krzysztof Penderecki's
Actions For Free Jazz Orchestra
took place in 1971 at Donaueschingen and featured the
New Eternal Rhythm Orchestra
, assembled by
Don Cherry
for the occasion and conducted by the great Polish composer. That orchestra also consisted of 14 musicians, including international jazz heavyweights such as
Kenny Wheeler
,
Peter Brötzmann
,
Thomasz Stanko
,
Terje Rypdal
,
Han Bennink
, and others. Don Cherry himself did not perform. Penderecki had heard the Globe Unity Orchestra a couple of years earlier and was fascinated by the possibilities of working with musicians from a different background and with other perspectives than he was used to from the classical world. The challenge for all involved was to find the right balance between composition and improvisation. The idea was initially met with some skepticism from the musicians, but this soon gave way to acceptance and even eagerness. The new, extended reading by Mats Gustafsson and
Fire! Orchestra
was commissioned by the Sacrum Profanum festival in Kraków, Poland in 2018. The idea was to place this classic piece in a contemporary setting, with a new approach and a new body of sound. However, the original score was used as a platform for the new reading, connecting history with the present. A score in this context is most often of a graphic nature to present reference points, visualized on the sleeve by
Kim Hiorthøy
's cut-up adaption of Mats Gustafsson's score. It's also worth noticing that the instrumentation is more or less identical to that of 1971, the main difference being a tuba replacing one of the trombones. Finally, this new reading clocks in at 40 minutes, and is thus considerably longer than the 1971 version. This line-up of the Fire! Orchestra is unique in that it's the first time without founding members and singers
Mariam Wallentin
and
Sofia Jernberg
. It's also the first time with guitarist
Reine Fiske
.
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