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Steve Swell - (trombone)
Jemeel Moondoc - (alto saxophone)
William Parker - (double bass)
Hamid Drake - (drums)

Editor's Info:
As welcome as it is to have this treasure trove of previously unheard music from this masterful quartet, Fire From the Road also serves as a powerful tribute to the band’s late saxophonist, Jemeel Moondoc, who passed away in August 2021 from complications of sickle cell anemia. The three-disc set compiles three hours of music captured in 2004 and 2005 at concerts in Houston and Marfa, Texas, and the Guelph Jazz Festival in Ontario, Canada.
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Broadway World
"Ladies and gentlemen, once again - Fire Into Music." When those words were initially uttered, at a 2004 concert at Houston's El Dorado Ballroom, they simply served as introduction. Opening For Jemeel: Fire From the Road (2004-2005), the stunning and mammoth new album from trombonist/composer Steve Swell and his adventurous quartet Fire Into Music, that brief introduction is transformed into a send-off and an understated eulogy.

As welcome as it is to have this treasure trove of previously unheard music from this masterful quartet, Fire From the Road also serves as a powerful tribute to the band's late saxophonist, Jemeel Moondoc, who passed away in August 2021 from complications of sickle cell anemia. [...] the three-disc set compiles three hours of music captured in 2004 and 2005 at concerts in Houston and Marfa, Texas, and the Guelph Jazz Festival in Ontario, Canada.

"Jemeel had all the qualities that you want in a great improvising musician," praises Swell. "He always went that extra step beyond into a level of musicianship and experience that becomes magical. His playing always managed to find those little areas that I like to call 'between the cracks' - where the intonation gets expanded and the rhythm is a little more askew, and you're drawn through new doorways of sound that alter your perceptions and expectations."

Swell originally formed Fire Into Music - in which the trombonist was joined by Moondoc, legendary .......
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Mimo że minęło prawie 20 lat od tego nagrania, jego temperatura ani na stopień się nie obniżyła, mamy do czynienia z jednym z najbardziej energetycznych free jazzowych składów, jakie można było usłyszeć na płycie w ostatnich latach i zdecydowanie zasługuje na opublikowanie!


Free jazz w czystej postaci, ostateczne pożegnanie z kwartetem marzeń. W 2021 roku zmarł Jemeel Moondoc, alcista, którego można zestawić chyba tylko z Ornette'm Colemanem, lecz w przeciwieńśtwie do Ornette'a jest dramatycznie mało znany. Steve Swell, William Parker i Hamid Drake stracili tym samym niezastąpione ogniwo zespołu.
Oficyna RogueArt wydała w pełni premierowy materiał, obejmujący trzy koncerty z dwóch oddzielnych tras koncertowych, w 2004 i 2005 roku.
Tylko arcymistrzowie osiągają stan ognistego upojenia nie za pomocą przysłowiowej triady - krew, pot i łzy - ale w sobie tylko znany sposób, który mogę porównać z medytacją na krawędzi świata.
Wspaniałe, bezkompromisowe nagranie!