imaginist by Le Boeuf Brothers + JACK Quartet
Interpreting the works of pianist Pascal Le Boeuf and saxophonist Remy Le Boeuf, the hybridized 9-piece chamber ensemble includes JACK Quartet, one of New York’s premier string quartets devoted to contemporary classical music, as well as a collection of longtime collaborators including Grammy-nominated tenor saxophonist Ben Wendel (Kneebody), alternating bassists Ben Street (John Scofield, Billy Hart) and Martin Nevin (Albert "Tootie" Heath), and alternating drummers Justin Brown (Ambrose Akinmusire, Thundercat) and Peter Kronreif (Thana Alexa).
The term "imaginist" refers to the early 20th-century Russian poetry movement characterized by sequences of arresting images and long chains of metaphors. Imaginist is structured to unfold like a book – complete with a prologue and epilogue.
Tracklist
| 1. | Prologue | 4:03 |
| 2. | Alkaline | 7:32 |
| 3. | Pretenders | 7:20 |
| 4. | A Dream: Introduction | 4:10 |
| 5. | A Dream: Grave Mound | 3:39 |
| 6. | A Dream: An Artist | 2:10 |
| 7. | A Dream: Here Lies... | 4:21 |
| 8. | A Dream: He Began To Cry | 2:11 |
| 9. | A Dream: At Long Last | 1:41 |
| 10. | Exquisite Corpse I: Foreshadow | 3:46 |
| 11. | Exquisite Corpse II: Flashback | 4:06 |
| 12. | Epilogue | 3:31 |
Credits
Remy Le Boeuf - Alto Sax, Oboe, Bass Clarinet
Pascal Le Boeuf - Piano
Ben Wendel - Tenor Sax
Ben Street/Martin Nevin - Bass
Justin Brown/Peter Kronreif - Drums
Ari Streisfeld - Violin
Christopher Otto - Violin
John Pickford Richards- Viola
Kevin McFarland - Cello
Paul Whitworth - Narrator
Produced by Pascal & Remy Le Boeuf
Recorded by Andy Taub at Brooklyn Recording
Mixed by Dave Darlington & Pascal Le Boeuf
Mastered by Dave Darlington
Photos by Shervin Lainez
Video by Simon Yu
www.LeBoeufBrothers.com
License
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The Le Boeuf Brothers are best known for their innovative compositional projects, which span as broadly stylistically as they do collaboratively. Over the course of their careers, they have collaborated with artists as diverse as Ambrose Akinmusire, Linda Oh, Nir Felder and the Myth String Quartet in genres ranging from jazz to contemporary classical to electronica.