Improvision (album)
| Improvision | ||||
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| Released | 2007 | |||
| Recorded | April 2007 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 54:55 | |||
| Label | Abstract Logix ABLX 007 | |||
| Producer | Alex Machacek | |||
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Improvision is an album by guitarist Alex Machacek, drummer Jeff Sipe, and bassist Matthew Garrison. It was recorded in April 2007, and was released later that year by Abstract Logix.[1][2][3][4]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz |  [5] |
| All About Jazz | [6] |
In a review for Jazz Times, Forrest Dylan Bryant praised the album's "quicksilver melody and locomotive rhythm," and wrote: "this progressive fusion disc proclaims the continued vitality of electric and electronic jazz."[7]
John Kelman of All About Jazz awarded the album a full 5 stars, calling it "another step forward for a kind of intelligent fusion that juxtaposes inspired soloing with near-telepathic interplay and imaginative writing."[5] AAJ's Ian Patterson also awarded the album 5 stars, calling it "wonderful music," and commenting: "The CD sleeve suggests filing Improvision under Jazz/Rock. Perhaps a more fertile idea, in keeping with the music, and in the hope that it reaches the widest possible audience would be to file it under Extraordinary."[6]
A writer for The Free Jazz Collective remarked: "the music evolves from high speed and intense music with lots of soloing to a calmer atmosphere in the end, with subdued and even some meditative moments."[8]
Track listing[edit]
- "There's a New Sheriff in Town" – 6:26
- "Along Came a Spider" – 4:27
- "Shona" – 6:59
- "Gem1" – 5:21
- "Gem2" – 2:45
- "To Whom It May Concern" – 2:40
- "Yoga for Cats 1" – 2:21
- "Yoga for Cats 2" – 4:48
- "Very Sad" – 8:13
- "Matt's Riff" – 4:56
- "Put Me Back to Sleep" – 5:59
Personnel[edit]
- Alex Machacek – guitar, guitar synthesizer
- Matthew Garrison – bass
- Jeff Sipe – drums
References[edit]
- ^ "Alex Machacek: Improvision". AllMusic. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ "Alex Machacek - Improvision". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ "Improvision". Prog Archives. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ "Machacek/Sipe/Garrison 'Improvisation'". Guitar Nine. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ a b Kelman, John (September 11, 2007). "Alex Machacek / Jeff Sipe / Matt Garrison: Improvision". All About Jazz. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ a b Patterson, Ian (September 21, 2007). "Alex Machacek / Jeff Sipe / Matt Garrison: Improvision". All About Jazz. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ Bryant, Forrest Dylan (April 1, 2008). "Alex Machacek/Jeff Sipe/Matthew Garrison: Improvision". Jazz Times. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- ^ "Guitars, guitars, guitars, guitars..." The Free Jazz Collective. October 17, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2022.