JACC Records 026 Day One
Photography and design by Joana Monteiro
With the collaboration of Paul Hardman and Paula Gaitas
At Casa das Artes Bissaya Barreto
Supported by Condomínio Criativo
“Take your time,” the examiner said, tapping his foot, drumming his fingers on the desk, checking the clock on the wall and comparing it to his watch, “Take your time. I have all the time in the world.”
The candidate began hesitantly: “Time in composition and time in improvisation are different. In composition, time is relatively simple, at least simplistically speaking. There is the time of composing which with luck proceeds in a straightforward manner; then there is the time of performance which is dictated by the composer or the conductor. When you hear a work repeated, there is more chance that you have changed than that the piece has, speaking of course platonically.
“But improvised music takes in all the time for each musician involved. And then it privileges the experiential time of each listener. There is the time of ordering a cup of coffee, the time of the first harsh and stimulating sip, the time of caffeine seeping into the blood stream. The time of the traffic jam and the open road, the time of flight, yes, but also the time of the security check. All the time of memory and the time of concentrated effort to free oneself from memory in the instant of creation...” (...)
Liner Notes by Stuart Broomer
JACC Records
With the collaboration of Paul Hardman and Paula Gaitas
At Casa das Artes Bissaya Barreto
Supported by Condomínio Criativo
“Take your time,” the examiner said, tapping his foot, drumming his fingers on the desk, checking the clock on the wall and comparing it to his watch, “Take your time. I have all the time in the world.”
The candidate began hesitantly: “Time in composition and time in improvisation are different. In composition, time is relatively simple, at least simplistically speaking. There is the time of composing which with luck proceeds in a straightforward manner; then there is the time of performance which is dictated by the composer or the conductor. When you hear a work repeated, there is more chance that you have changed than that the piece has, speaking of course platonically.
“But improvised music takes in all the time for each musician involved. And then it privileges the experiential time of each listener. There is the time of ordering a cup of coffee, the time of the first harsh and stimulating sip, the time of caffeine seeping into the blood stream. The time of the traffic jam and the open road, the time of flight, yes, but also the time of the security check. All the time of memory and the time of concentrated effort to free oneself from memory in the instant of creation...” (...)
Liner Notes by Stuart Broomer
JACC Records
