Modern jazz where the composed and improvised elements mix in rhythmically sophisticated yet highly listenable grooves.

10 MP3 Songs in this album (70:35) !
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Details:
Dark Materials - Michael Herringâs Vertigo featuring David Binney - romhog 117

Jazz - 10 tracks - release date: June 16, 2009

Dark Materials features:
David Binney (alto saxophone), Quinsin Nachoff (tenor saxophone & clarinet), William Carn (trombone), Don Scott (guitar), Nick Fraser (drums), Michael Herring (double bass)

Dark Materials is the second release by Michael Herringâs Vertigo, once again featuring New York alto saxophonist David Binney (winner of both Downbeat Criticsâ and Readersâ polls, 2007). Following up on Coniferous Revenge (one of the top 5 debut albums in All About Jazz New York - also featuring Binney), Dark Materials is the result the imaginative David Binney bringing his trademark energetic solos to ten of Herringâs new original compositions, rounded out by a stellar band made up of the strongest voices in the next generation of Canadian jazz.

The âunusual instrumental colours, carefully composed rhythmic structures and catchy-but-offbeat melodiesâ (J.D. Constidine, The Globe and Mail) that characterized Coniferous Revenge return with Dark Materials delivering toe-tapping grooves that are an inviting entry point to the sophisticated writing. Vertigo draws on the influence of New Yorkâs âdowntownâ scene - Binney, Drew Gress, Scott Colley, Chris Potter, Mark Turner - as well as the 1960âs tradition of three horn writing - especially Wayne Shorter and Booker Little - and modern-jazz pioneers - Dave Holland and Paul Motian. You can also hear influences of 20th Century classical, reggae, electonica, folk and grunge rock.

Recorded during a Canadian national tour, Dark Materials finds the band at its strongest, playing intense solos intermixed with subtle ensemble playing and once again packaged in the inventive original art of Steve Byram (Screwgun Records, JMT, Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill).

Vertigoâs backbone is made up of Toronto's most exciting young jazz musicians, who have garnered much of their own accolades: Quinsin Nachoff - tenor saxophone and clarinets (âone of the truly bright jazz minds hereaboutsâ Mark Miller - The Globe and Mail), William Carn - trombone (âWilliam Carn is a charter member of the impressive new generation of players that is making an impact.â Geoff Chapman - Toronto Star), Don Scott - guitar (âBalancing the cerebral with the visceral... a guitarist from whom more, no doubt, will be heardâ - John Kelman, All About Jazz) and Nick Fraser - drums (âFraser not so much plays the drums as hurls himself whole body and soul against skin and metalâ¦truly talented.â Bill Stunt - CBC Radio.


What the critics have said about Michael Herringâs Vertigo:

âone of the most exciting and interesting [albums] to arrive this year⦠The ensemble passages are all rich in texture, catchy hooks relieve the aura of intellectual rigour, the boss's bass soars and swoops and the overall impact is tremendousâ Geoff Chapman - Toronto Star

â[a] Toronto bassplayer with a penchant for contemporary grooves, colours and energy⦠cutting-edge but accessible sounds inspired by New York's downtown jazz innovatorsâ Doug Fischer - The Ottawa Citizen

"Michael Herring has established himself as one of the most creative musicians on the Canadian scene... A triumph!" Joseph Blake - Times-Colonist


This recording was made possible through the assistance of the Canada Music Fund and the Music Section of the Canada Council for the Arts and by a grant from the Ontario Arts Council.