Description
Title: Peninsula
Artist: Clark Sommers” Ba(Sh)
Label: Outside in
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 755491154953
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2020-03-06
Number of Discs: 1
Outside In Music is pleased to announce the March 6th release from Bassist and composer Clark Sommers” Ba (SH) “”Peninsula””, the enthralling new album from his Chicago supertrio made up of three world-class musicians: Sommers, saxophonist Geof Bradfield and drummer Dana Hall. These musical comrades have performed with each other for over twenty years, a fact that becomes obvious when one beholds the stunning cohesiveness they have as an ensemble, which was characterized best by Sommers assertion that the trio “”breathes as one entity.”” On this new release, Ba (SH) offers listeners seven new compositions by consummate bassist Clark Sommers; a large sound from a decidedly paired-down instrumentation. The trio will be celebrating the release of this new album with two performances at Chicago”s The Green Mill. – Recorded in Chicago in Spring 2017, Peninsula is a follow up to the trio”s 2013”s critically-acclaimed debut Ba (Sh). Sommers notes “”This chord-less trio format presents many possibilities because of the absence of piano/guitar driven harmony. The bass acts as more of an immediate pivot for the harmony and is therefore more open-ended.”” Given this freedom, the trio explores the realms of harmony, melody and texture while telling tales of loss and personal discovery with their evocative instrumental performance. “”I specifically wrote the music for those 2 personalities,”” asserts Sommers, “”I”ve been playing with them for over 20 years and they”re 2 of my closest friends and collaborators.””
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