{"product_id":"blueback","title":"Blueblack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bluiett Baritone Saxophone Group strikes again. Four baritone saxes make for quite a wall of low-register sound, and every quartet member but Bluiett -- Patience Higgins, James Carter, and Alex Harding -- doubles on bass clarinet. In Carter's case, make that contra-bass clarinet, an instrument that can cause the room to shake. Since the horns have the bass function covered, all that's needed are drums; hence the presence of trapsman Lee Person and percussionist Kahil El'Zabar. This is a challenging listen, even if it starts with a playful, lushly harmonized \"My Girl,\" the Motown hit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \"Humpback,\" the first of five compositions by Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, immediately follows, its dark, smeary rubato harmonies and ultra-low-end textures evoking the murky world of the whale. Bluiett's contributions (\"Blueblack\/Prelude to a Scream,\" \"Juxtaposition,\" \"Sasa -- The Here and Now\") tend to be more cacophonous, less structured; other tracks evoke a bright dance aesthetic (\"Zippin',\" \"LG's Place\"), touching upon what the late Lester Bowie liked to call \"great black music.\" Taylor Perkinson's double tribute \"Lamentation for JJ\/Ballad for Babs\" and his thoughtful \"Angles\" showcase the more elegant side of the quadruple-baritone configuration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hamiet Bluiett","offers":[{"title":"Digital Download","offer_id":39518451892384,"sku":"0068944015856","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":39518545346720,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/8477\/2768\/products\/164c8fca-9913-40b8-aa8d-9e9448579e1e15895309686405085162-LARGE_c927750a-2064-419c-8277-8d244da61a67.jpg?v=1616195939","url":"https:\/\/justin-time-records.myshopify.com\/products\/blueback","provider":"Justin Time Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}