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The Bennie Maupin Ensemble - Penumbra (2006)
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Recorded by Nolan Shaheed at No Sound Studios, Pasadena,
California (CA), United States, on June 16 & 17, 2003,
except for “Equal Justice”,
recorded by Wayne Peet at Crypto Studios, Los Angeles, CA,
on December 11, 2005, and mixed by Rich Breen.
Reviews
By Chris Kelsey
http://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/the-bennie-maupin-ensemble-penumbra/
You might think being a key member of some of the most influential fusion
groups in history would place a guy in the music’s pantheon. Yet despite
lending his distinctive bass clarinet, flute and saxophone work to such classic
albums as Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, Big Fun and On the Corner and Herbie
Hancock’s Headhunters, Bennie Maupin never became a household name-even in jazz
households.
On this excellent album, Maupin demonstrates that, while having never achieved
an exalted level of fame, he has nevertheless developed and refined a highly
individualized voice. Maupin’s aesthetic is all-embracing. His Ensemble
(Maupin, bass clarinet, flute, piano, tenor and soprano saxes; Darek Oles
Oleszkiewicz, bass; Michael Stephans, drums; Daryl Munyungo Jackson,
percussion) addresses such varied stylistic niches as free jazz, funk, Afrobeat
and postbop with the same heightened degree of inspiration.
Maupin’s an exciting player, and his intricate improvisations typically
generate excitement-not through hyperactivity but by an ingenious use of
displaced rhythm. The band matches his measured virtuosity and
intensity. There’s tons to like and virtually nothing to dislike on
Penumbra. Intellectually and emotionally, this music is as nakedly honest and
engaging as it gets.
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By Thom Jurek
http://www.allmusic.com/album/penumbra-mw0000400549
By John Kelman
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/penumbra-bennie-maupin-cryptogramophone-review-by-john-kelman.php
By Jerry d'Souza
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/penumbra-bennie-maupin-cryptogramophone-review-by-jerry-dsouza.php
By Matthew Miller
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/penumbra-bennie-maupin-cryptogramophone-review-by-matthew-miller.php
By Derek Taylor
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2848
By Mark Saleski
http://somethingelsereviews.com/2011/10/01/the-bennie-maupin-ensemble-penumbra-2006/
Grzegorz Mucha (pl)
http://artpapier.com/index.php?page=artykul&wydanie=16&artykul=342
