Bruce Arnold Dusan Bogdanovic Mediations
Featuring:
Bruce Arnold—Acousitic Guitar
Dusan Bogdanovic—Acousitic Guitar
“…Bogdanovic’s playing simply acts as a vehicle for his luminous,
multicultural compositions. But what playing! Wielding a solo classical
guitar, Dusan handles tricky polymeters, Balkan melodies, startling
counterpoint, and oud- inspired improvised lines with nuance and sinewy
grace. The depth of ideas and clarity of his playing borders on spooky.
If you love guitar, you must investigate this jewel.”
--Guitar Player,
"Jazz guitarist and composer Bruce Arnold teaches at Princeton
University and stubbornly experiments with musical matter that was
found almost hopeless to deal with by the so called "third stream" of
the 50s. Mr. Arnold's experiments, which combine contemporary classical
methods - 12-tone system, Hildegarde von Bingen, Indian shamen have
been unexpectedly well received even by the rather conservative Down
Beat.
--Newsweek
The improvised duet is a singularly revealing format. Two players enter
into a temporary relationship, bonding on the most profound levels of
intellectual curiosity and risk taking. Technical and artistic facility
is a given. Trust is essential. In “Mediations” two virtuosos enter
into that relationship and give us a set of inspired short pieces,
filled with
delicacy and darkness, ambience and adventure.
Both musicians are accomplished in their own right, with an impressive
list of accomplishments and critical praise. Both have played
with the best in the field. Both are considered innovators. Upon
meeting they immediately sensed affinities, and decided to document
several sessions. The only structure agreed upon was that the
pieces would be brief. Close listening reveals the degree to which
these two guitarists are able to express themselves on their
instruments and to communicate with each other at lightening
speed.
But no matter how accomplished the artist, there is always another
level of achievement to strive for. The music on “Mediations” quite
literally breaks new ground; documenting an aesthetic adventure from
medieval sounds to the intricacies of cutting edge contemporary jazz
and classical music. Bruce Arnold and Dusan Bogdanovic here aspire and
conspire to meet the challenge of creating spontaneous and breathing
musical spaces.
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