Dane TS Hawk & The Cerebral Hemispheres - Coming Up (LP with CD)
- comes with CD duplicate with bonus tracks, note sheet and a letter from Dane TS Hawk
In this series of compositions, arranged exclusively for horns, TS Høeg's highly personal Danish blues is heard in its fullest form. Coming Up is caught in a sonic Bermuda-triangle between fiery fanfares, unusual timbres and uplifting waves of wistfulness. True to form, the composer honks up front on his alto sax, and is joined this time by The Cerebral Hemispheres (Dinesen, Tranberg and Hyhne), on tenor sax, trumpet and trombone. TS Høeg is like a bird of prey among the pigeons in the Danish cultural dovecot, and has since the late seventies been a great source of inspiration for artists of younger generations. From the late seventies experiments and punk jazz of Cockpit Music and Tapehead, through the eighties and nineties with the alternative big band sounds of Somesax and the Great Mongo Dilmuns, and with today’s numerous guest appearances and solo shows. This is celebrated with the release of Coming Up, Høeg’s second on Escho and the follow up to Dome Music (2006).
A1 Bold but blue fanfare
A2 Domeg
A3 Tromfon #1 (solo altosax & horn stabs)
A4 Sad but true #2
A5 Kalimba
A6 One note each
A7 Infantil populær
A8 Mourn
A9 Tromfon #3 (solo altosax & trumpettimbres)
B1 Exercise #13
B2 Tom for titel blues
B3 Tromfon #2 (solo altosax & trombone)
B4 Hymn #2 (2 trumpets & 2 tenorsaxes)
B5 Wizard
B6 Tromfon #4 (2 altosaxes)
B7 The big cluster
In Danish: I denne række af kompositioner, arrangeret udelukkende for horn, høres TS Høegs helt igennem personlige danerblues i fuldstændig destilleret form. Coming Up udspiller sig i en tonal Bermuda-trekant mellem fyrige fanfarer, opløftende vemodsbølger og hypnotiske spiraler af blæs. Sædvanen tro trutter komponisten selv for i sin altsax og kan denne gang opleves med The Cerebral Hemispheres (Dinesen/Tranberg/Hyhne) ved sin side på tenor sax, trompet og trombone. TS Høeg har siden slut-halvfjerdserne været en lysende rovfugl blandt blåmejserne i det danske kulturkrat. Fra tidlige eksperimenter og punk jazz i Cockpit Music og Tapehead, over de større gruppekonstellationer Somesax og Dane TS Hawk & His Great Mongo Dilmuns og frem til de hyppige soloshows og gæsteoptrædener har Høeg virket som en stor inspirator for de yngre generationer af udøvende kunstnere. Dette hylder Escho med Coming Up som er Høegs anden udgivelse for foretagenet og opfølgeren til Dome Music (2006) optaget live i Vor Frue Kirke.
TS Høeg: altosax. Jakob Dinesen: tenorsax. Kasper Tranberg: trumpet and pocket ditto/cornet/flugelhorn. Mads Hyhne: trombone. All music composed and arranged by TS Høeg. Mixed by John Fomsgaard. Mastered by Goodiepal. Release Date: 14/12/2008. Catalogue no.: ESC12. Format: LP. 300 copies.
