Infernal Machines

by Darcy James Argue's Secret Society

Type: Album
Released: 1 January 2009
Label: New Amsterdam
Country: United States
Length: 1:07:00
Community rating: 4.05/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut album by Argue's eighteen-piece Brooklyn big band was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album and a Juno Award in his native Canada, and it was named best debut in the Village Voice jazz critics' poll. Argue, who had studied with Bob Brookmeyer, founded the ensemble four years earlier to apply minimalism and indie rock dynamics to the big band format.

Genres

Descriptors: complex, orchestral, improvisational, dynamic, virtuosic

Tracklist

Phobos (11:01)
Zeno (7:13)
Transit (7:00)
Redeye (10:11)
Jacobin Club (10:54)
Habeas Corpus (10:57)
Obsidian Flow (9:39)

Credits

Sebastian Noelle - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Josh Sinton - clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
Mark Small - clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
Sam Sadigursky - clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Darcy James Argue - conductor, composed by, composer
Matt Clohesy - contrabass, electric bass
Erica Von Kleist - flute, alto flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
Rob Wilkerson - flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Paul Cox - producer, engineer