If you are one of those listeners who enjoys music with an open mind and whose interest lies in exploring the unknown in the very core depths of the sonic wilderness, the album by Daren Burns Double Quartet, Fragmentation, is the one that you must check out because this album offers a similar kind of vibe. But before we get deeper into the album and what it offers, let us first get to know a little bit about the artist himself. Hailing from Los Angeles, California, the United States of America, Daren Burns is a phenomenal bass player who also happens to be an outstanding composer, excellent improviser, and music educator as well.
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Let us find out what this album has in store for the listeners.
The album by Daren Burns Double Quartet, Fragmentation, is a pure, classic jazz album that consists of eleven songs, and every track on this album takes the listeners to a different zone where you cannot help but let go of everything and simply go along for the ride without even the slightest idea of the destination.
Besides that, another terrific aspect of the album is that the songs feel like they have a structure and a motif of their own but once you hit the play button and listen to the songs one after the other, it somewhat gets difficult to figure out that central idea that each track boasts because it sounds more like an improvisation that’s going on, thus leaving the listeners on a cliffhanger but with a sense of intense satisfaction.
Perhaps that is where the musical artistry lies, in the sense that the compositions bridge the gap between structural strictness and improvisational freedom, thereby letting the listeners enjoy and interpret the tracks in their own way.
The artists whose contributions make Fragmentation a one-of-a-kind jazz album.
As the name of the set suggests, Daren Burns is the sole composer and fretless bass player for all the tracks in Fragmentation, but for this album, as per his idea, a double quartet that is eight more artists join forces with him to bring the songs to life. Besides Daren himself, the artists involved in the album are Vinny Golia on woodwinds, Brian Walsh on bass clarinet, Motoko Honda on piano and keyboards, Woody Aplanalp on guitar, Steuart Liebig on six-string bass, Trevor Anderies on drums, Craig Bunch on drums, Randy Gloss on percussion, tabla, and kanjira.
In addition to the long list of artists in this double quartet set, another fun fact of the album lies in the titles of the songs. Do check them out because they are very witty and funny at the same time, considering the title itself and the kind of composition that each song boasts.
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