Flutter

by Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet

Type: Album
Released: 22 May 2001
Label: Tzadik
Country: Japan
Length: 50:58
Community rating: 3.87/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Naruyoshi Kikuchi, Hiroaki Mizutani, Otomo Yoshihide, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki, John Zorn, Tsugami Kenta

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Seamlessly blending traditional jazz instrumentation with harsh electronic disruption, this release is a challenging, highly complex work of avant-garde improvisation. The ensemble builds tense, nocturnal acoustic structures that are continually dismantled by Otomo Yoshihide's piercing, surreal sine waves and turntable noise.

Genres

Avant-Garde Jazz

Descriptors: Avant Garde, instrumental, avant-garde, piercing, noisy, experimental, improvisation, fusion, dissonant

Tracklist

Flutter (Modulation For High Tone) (10:33)
Drift / Les (7:14)
Serene (7:34)
Spin (3:32)
Night Lights / Density (22:05)

Credits

Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet - primary artist
Tsugami Kenta - alto saxophone
Hiroaki Mizutani - bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki - drums, trumpet
Naruyoshi Kikuchi - tenor saxophone
Sachiko M - electronics [sine waves], guest [special guest]
Eric Dolphy - composed by [les]
Masami Akita - synthesizer [ems], guest [special guest]