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"The quartet... writes and performs music that frees the soul, moves the mind to wonder at possibilities, but most of all, sings hymns of exaltation in these most needy of times."
- Phillip R Egert
"BassRespänse delivers a sonority rich in the lower frequencies..." "...the quartet enables a constantly changing stream of ideas" - Nils Jacobson, allaboutjazz.com
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Vattel Cherry's BassRespänse - Review
Alan Jones, One Final Note
"Men must not only be dissatisfied; they must be so dissatisfied they will act." This quote from ex-slave and revolutionary Denmark Vessey was the inspiration for bassrespänse, a contrabass quartet organized by Vattel Cherry. Cherry has always been an open thinker, as is most evident in his work with iconoclastic saxophonist Charles Gayle. Not many would attempt the daunting task of organizing a bass quartet, much less have the acumen to make it successful...more
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Vattel Cherry's BassRespänse - Review
Richard Cochrane, Musings
It's one thing to do this kind of thing with two horns and a rhythm section, and another thing entirely to attempt it with four double basses. Vattel Cherry, however, as done just that, and pulled it off, too. Bassrespanse are an audacious undertaking, but the music is entirely convincing...more |
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