PAUL HANSON: Voodoo Suite

Paul Hanson

Voodoo Suite

© 2000 Paul Hanson (804481000128)

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Amazing jazz bassoon featured in music that ranges from cool Coltrane-ish jazz to hot Hendrix-inspired funk.

tracks

1 Woods of Red
2 Rite of Scorpio
3 We'll Be Together Again
4 Love For Sale
5 The Gold Coast
6 Cynthia
7 Strawberri Prelude
8 Strawberry Suite
9 Voodoo Logic

notes

"Not too often, musicians come along and invent their own instrument. Maybe they literally bolt together an entirely new vehicle, or carve a new slope to play on. More marvelous is when someone takes an instrument you thought you knew and tilts it just so, dazzling us with new reflections. Those folks are rare: Django Reinhardt, Lester Young, Bobby McFerrin, Edgar Meyer, Paul Hanson

All the adjectives are true. Paul plays physically impossible stuff on perhaps the weirdest instrument of the Weird Jazz Instrument Club. Playing at the very highest level. Surpassing most anyone's conception and ability on one of the most unforgiving instruments ever. Think of playing Paganini on the ocarina, or winning the Kentucky Derby on a camel."

Darol Anger, co-founder of the Turtle Island String Quartet.

Paul Hanson-jazz bassoonist who has performed and/or recorded with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Wayne Shorter, Peter Erskine, Billy Higgins, Boz Scaggs, Dewey Redman, Don Cherry, The Temptations, Anger-Marshall band, Oaktown Irawo, the Klezmorim, Ray Charles, and others. See www.jazzbassoon.com for more about Paul Hanson

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  • author: Blaze

    Why have I been wasting my time in orchestras all these years? Paul Hanson is amazing and his jazz bassoon playing has given me a new reason to pick up the horn and practice more! This CD is a unique jazz treasure!

  • Great bassoon vibes
    author: Starbuck

    A CD not just for bassoon fanciers but anyone who enjoys listening to great jazz tunes. The sound of the instrument is rich and hot. Forget about trumpets, trombone and sax - long live the bassoon!

  • Vibrant!!
    author: Lou Romano

    The bassoon is alive! Very vocal!! This is a great album, it swings, and it's colorful. Everyone plays from the heart!!!-----------------Uplifting.

  • A "must-have" for your music/jazz collection!
    author: Venita

    It's as if the souls and spirits of all the legendary jazz musicians came to rest in the fingers and bassoon of Paul Hanson (corny, but true)! All the tracks are HOT, but once you hear Strawberry Prelude, that's it - you'll be a fan for life. It's almost surreal that you're not listening to the saxophone, but a bassoon. Final thought: AWESOME

  • stunning musicianship,good jazz,great compositions
    author: swindburne

    The bassoon playing on this CD sounds like a first rate coltrane or sonny rollins.Magnificant.The band is great and well recorded.The numbers are originally done and offer new insights into the standards.It's a must for all lovers of jazz on the move!

  • Great musicanship, buy this CD!
    author: Torbjorn Fjeldgard

    The music and the way how the music is presented is absolutely unique and fresh! This CD is a must for real music lovers. The way how Paul and his band play is superb. I will defenitly buy his new CD when it will be released. Torbjorn

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