Hollowbone
Kathryn Tickell
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Reviews (3)
Pitchfork
d. 15. Feb. 2019
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Ben Cardew
d. 15. Feb. 2019
"Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith has created a boundary-breaking work that combines the classical form of the oratorio (a musical composition with dramatic underpinnings, similar to an opera) with avant-garde jazz, drone, modern musical production, and historical narrative".
DownBeat
2019 April
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Peter Margasak
2019 April
"The work functions as a celebration of the titular figure's personal bravery, symbolic power and lasting importance, but Smith digs deeper, complementing meditations on her courage with current political criticism ... The libretto is sung by three disparate voices: African-American [Karen] Parks, Mexican Carmina Escobar and Chinese pipa virtuoso Min Xiao-Fen, and the performers masterfully bring an electric coherence and introspective intensity to the bandleader's bold vision".
Jazz special
Nr. 166 (2019)
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Bjarne Søltoft
Nr. 166 (2019)
"Rosa Parks (1913-2005) er den legendariske menneskerettighedsaktivist, som i 1955 med mod og visdom vovede at nægte at afgive sit sæde i bussen til fordel for hvide passagerer ... Rosas bevidste aktion [blev] kilden til en levende og aktiv menneskerettighedskamp - og platform for Martin Luther King Jr.'s lederskab. Smiths "oratorium med syv sange" er hans hyldest til Rosa Parks. Mellem de syv sange har han indflettet instrumentale forløb, blandt andet fire "Vision Dances" med mere åbne impro-rammer. Til udførelsen har han samlet en stribe fremragende musikere i [fire] grupperinger ... Et facetteret, oplevelsesrigt og varmhjertet oratorium til Rosa Parks ære [... og] en humanistisk-filosofisk appel om at holde kampen oppe for Human Rights i denne tid".