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Lost and Found
Blackwood
(Jeff Reilly, bass clarinet; Peter-Antony Togni, piano)
Sanctuary Concerts SCCD 006
★★★★✩
They have been collaborating as musicians for more than 20 years, but this is the first time that pianist Peter-Anthony Togni and clarinetist Jeff Reilly have released a recording under the rubric of their duo Blackwood. With one exception (Miles Davis), there are only original compositions here, written individually or jointly. By the sensual sound of the bass clarinet, it might be taken for a jazz recording, but we do not find the energy and improvisation usually associated with this musical genre. We are far from a tonal language, yet not far enough to say that this is contemporary music. There is nothing really dissonant or unsettling, just an alluring modernity that, strangely, is reminiscent of Impressionism. We can say of this music that it is soaring, enveloping, comforting, that it creates atmospheres that are both mysterious and languid. We imagine ourselves sitting at a table in a café-concert listening to these pieces until the wee hours, preferably in good company. In short, a rather unclassifiable album that we highly recommend if you are the type to let yourself loose.
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