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Scott DuBois - Autumn Wind (2017) [Post-Bop, Modern Creative]; FLAC (tracks)

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Scott DuBois - Autumn Wind (2017) [Post-Bop, Modern Creative]; FLAC (tracks)

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Artist: Scott DuBois
Album: Autumn Wind
Genre: Post-Bop, Modern Creative
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2017
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
  1. Mid-September Changing Light
  2. Late September Dusk Walk
  3. Early October Insect Songs
  4. Mid-October Migration
  5. Late October Changing Leaves
  6. Early November Bird Formations
  7. Autumn Wind
  8. Mid-November Moonlit Forest
  9. Late November Farm Fields
  10. Early December Blue Sky And Chimney Smoke
  11. Mid-December Night Sky
  12. Autumn Aurora Borealis
  13. Mid-November Moonlit Forest String Quartet Reprise

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    Personnel:
  • Scott DuBois - guitar & conductor
  • Gebhard Ullmann - tenor sax & bass clarinet
  • Thomas Morgan - bass
  • Kresten Osgood - drums
  • Eva León - violin I
  • Conway Kuo - violin II
  • William Frampton - viola
  • Sarah Rommel - cello
  • Erin Lesser - flute
  • BJ Karpen - oboe
  • Elisabeth Stimpert - clarinet
  • Michael Harley - bassoon

When last we heard from guitarist Scott DuBois he was conjuring visceral thoughts of our coldest times on Winter Light (ACT Music, 2015). Now he's turned back the calendar one season, turning his attention toward harvest days with Autumn Wind.

While there are certain similarities between DuBois' two seasonal epics—the presence of bassist Thomas Morgan, multi-reedist Gebhard Ullmann, and drummer Kresten Osgood; the semi-programmatic nature of the music, taking shape within each single song and as a progression from one to the next; and the use of space, atmospherics, tension-and-release play, and rubato to call to mind the appropriate imagery—Autumn Wind goes several steps beyond Winter Light in concept and execution.

DuBois' design work taps into long-game serialism, as the twelve main pieces on the album each start on a different note. The tone row generated by those leaping-off points is then used at various points throughout. Going one step further, DuBois also decided to play on another duodenary level, using personnel as his game pieces. The members of three different quartets—the aforementioned band from Winter Light, a string group, and a woodwind foursome—come into the picture one by one, finally culminating in "Autumn Aurora Borealis."

"Mid-September Changing Lights" serves as a leaping off point and a wonderful introduction to DuBois' guitar chiaroscuro techniques, as he plays light against dark all by his lonesome. Then his friends start to file in—Morgan on the tranquil "Late September Dusk Walk," Ullmann (with his bass clarinet) on the hypnotic "Early October Insect Songs," and Osgood on the tempestuous "Mid-October Migration." By the time the strings enter the picture, the sound is in full bloom. The vivid colors depicted on "Late October Changing Leaves" are given form through lively (inter)play and wild bass clarinet antics, the chatter and charm of "Early November Bird Formations" is positively frenetic, "Autumn Wind" invites space to play a major role and offers pizzicato rustling of the leaves, and "Mid-November Moonlit Forest" plays a gorgeously grave string quartet against Osgood's propulsive drumming before inviting the full weight of eight into view.

The final stretch leading toward the end of the season brings the winds into the fold. "Late November Farm Fields" dials back the weight and tension of what preceded it, taking shape as a stroll through the country guided by Ullmann; "Early December Blue Sky And Chimney Smoke" is a boisterous barn dance, a piece enlivened by aural cavorting; "Mid-December Night Sky" takes form as a starry soundscape that's kaleidoscopically pure; and "Autumn Aurora Borealis" is a wild melee, where jumbled images and aural friction mirror the northern lights. Then the strings return to send us off with a reprise of "Mid-November Moonlit Forest," kissing the newly frigid air goodbye. As with Winter Light, Scott DuBois has managed to do the impossible in bringing sound to season to sound. Now we just need him to investigate summer and spring.
By DAN BILAWSKY

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