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The Other Shore

by Peter Kuhn

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1.
Is Love Enough 06:45
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2.
Causes and Conditions 10:42
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3.
unstrung heroes 05:53
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4.
Not Two 08:36
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5.
Volition 06:46
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6.
No Coming, No Going 13:13
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7.
The Other Shore 09:57
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8.
Beginning Anew 11:44
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about

A big leap forward to 2016 and a trio recording, also on No Business, featuring Kuhn with a trio consisting of Kyle Motl on bass and Nathan Hubbard on drums.

Happily, after 30 years since dropping out of music, The Other Shore is a return to form and over the decades, the emotional quality of Kuhn's music has deepened. Whereas on the duo recording with Charles he charged out of the gate, here, the trio takes its time to build. Not to say that there is a wasted moment during the opening 'Is Love Enough' - every second is festooned with fresh ideas. Kuhn's tone on the bass clarinet is sumptuous and the unhurried improvised melody that he starts with is as composed as one he could have worked on for days.

The track 'Causes and Conditions' is a stand out - it begins with some tonal smears and short tense phrases from Kuhn on the clarinet. A rattle from the percussion and coarse bass accents undergird the saxophonist, and as they gain momentum, the ferocity picks up along with the velocity. The title track delivers measured exuberance, and a long 'everybody solos/nobody solos' passage in the middle highlights the subtle interactions that glues this trio together.

'Not Two' has the most decidedly free-form approach on the album, with the trio extending the technique of the song, while staying relatively inside the lines with their instruments. The impact is gripping as the bass clarinet is stretched across the tempo-less time, while bowed bass lines fill in the rest with crosshatch.

The 'Other Shore' quickly and insidiously infiltrated my playlist and is quickly becoming a favourite of the year.

Paul Acquaro

credits

released June 1, 2016

NBCD 88


All tracks © 2016 Dependent Origination Music – ASCAP

Recorded June 16, 2015 ICAM Studio, Conrad Prebys Music Center UC San Diego
Engineer – Kyle Motl

Mixed and mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios
Liner Notes by Ed Hazell
Photo by Brian Ross
Design by Oskaras Anosovas


1. Is Love Enough 6:42
2. Causes and Conditions 10:39
3. unstrung heroes 5:50
4. Not Two 8:33
5. Volition 6:43
6. No Coming, No Going 13:10
7. The Other Shore 9:54
8. Beginning Anew 11:47


Peter Kuhn – Bb and bass clarinet, tenor and alto sax
Kyle Motl – bass
Nathan Hubbard – drums

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