imagE/contrabass and
imAge/contrabass (2008-2010)
by Reynolds
Liner notes by Mark Dresser,
with an excerpt by Roger Reynolds
Primary Artist(s): Mark Dresser, Bass
Label: Kadima Collective Label, KCR Triptych #1
Dates of recording: 2009, 2010
Release date: 2010 Kadima Collective Recordings
Recording, editing, mastering:
CD: Tom Erbe, Raz Mesinai;
DVD: John Menier, Marci Bretts, Harry R. Caruso, III, UCSD-TV.
About:
“The image series involves brief complementary works for a variety of instruments. imagE/ is “evocative.” Concerned with symmetry, it is more lyrical, continuous, even tender. imAge/ is “articulate” and sectional, tending towards assertion and variety. ImAge/contrabass arose out of intensive interaction with bassist Mark Dresser, to whom it is dedicated, and incorporates a number of his signature approaches to the wonders of his instrument.”
– from the liner notes
Review:
“Dresser gives us distinct aspects of his artistry: Investigations, Guts, including imagE/contrabass and imAge/contrabass, and Explorations, including 55 minutes of engaging conversation with Reynolds, Dresser's colleague and composer/collaborator at UC San Diego. To focus broadly on the performances in Guts, Dresser’s music impresses diversely as introspective, mystical and daring, poetic yet ominous, cosmic yet intimate.”
