(Free Jazz) [CD] Nate Wooley Sextet - (Sit In) The Throne Of Friendship - 2013, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 2 from 29. April 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 26. March 2014, 21:57
Nate Wooley Sextet / (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship
Used drive  : Optiarc DVD RW AD-5280S   Adapter: 1  ID: 1
Read mode               : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache      : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction                      : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks   : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations       : Yes
Used interface                              : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling                                : Appended to previous track
Used output format              : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate                : 128 kBit/s
Quality                         : High
Add ID3 tag                     : No
Command line compressor         : C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Genre=%genre%" -T "Artist=%artist%" -T "Title=%title%" -T "Album=%albumtitle%" -T "Date=%year%" -T "Tracknumber=%tracknr%" -T "Comment=%comment%" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
     Track |   Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector
    ---------------------------------------------------------
        1  |  0:00.00 |  4:43.73 |         0    |    21297
        2  |  4:43.73 |  8:15.69 |     21298    |    58491
        3  | 12:59.67 |  4:39.74 |     58492    |    79490
        4  | 17:39.66 |  6:12.65 |     79491    |   107455
        5  | 23:52.56 |  6:10.12 |    107456    |   135217
        6  | 30:02.68 |  6:29.70 |    135218    |   164462
        7  | 36:32.63 |  7:12.67 |    164463    |   196929
        8  | 43:45.55 |  8:31.63 |    196930    |   235317
Track  1
     Filename C:\Nate Wooley Sextet (2013) - (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship\01 - Old Man on the Farm.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:02.00
     Peak level 98.8 %
     Extraction speed 2.6 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 445E8A2B
     Copy CRC 445E8A2B
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  2
     Filename C:\Nate Wooley Sextet (2013) - (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship\02 - Make Your Friend Feel Loved.wav
     Peak level 98.6 %
     Extraction speed 3.2 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 3F265588
     Copy CRC 3F265588
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  3
     Filename C:\Nate Wooley Sextet (2013) - (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship\03 - The Berries.wav
     Peak level 98.7 %
     Extraction speed 3.3 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC D6BC1867
     Copy CRC D6BC1867
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  4
     Filename C:\Nate Wooley Sextet (2013) - (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship\04 - Plow.wav
     Peak level 98.6 %
     Extraction speed 3.7 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 90A285AB
     Copy CRC 90A285AB
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  5
     Filename C:\Nate Wooley Sextet (2013) - (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship\05 - Executive Suites.wav
     Peak level 98.7 %
     Extraction speed 3.7 X
     Track quality 99.9 %
     Test CRC 80A9A58C
     Copy CRC 80A9A58C
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  6
     Filename C:\Nate Wooley Sextet (2013) - (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship\06 - My Story, My Story.wav
     Peak level 98.7 %
     Extraction speed 4.3 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 93C950AB
     Copy CRC 93C950AB
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  7
     Filename C:\Nate Wooley Sextet (2013) - (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship\07 - Sweet and Sad Consistency.wav
     Peak level 98.6 %
     Extraction speed 4.3 X
     Track quality 99.9 %
     Test CRC 2EE58D00
     Copy CRC 2EE58D00
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  8
     Filename C:\Nate Wooley Sextet (2013) - (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship\08 - A Million Billion BTUs.wav
     Peak level 98.8 %
     Extraction speed 5.0 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 45CFF959
     Copy CRC 45CFF959
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
No errors occurred
End of status report
==== Log checksum 4FC5583DEC7228C466BC3AD17D55E5C2A939FD9FD1C4631987E182717EBCF82D ====

REM GENRE Jazz
REM DATE 2013
REM DISCID 630C4108
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.0b2"
CATALOG 5609063002805
PERFORMER "Nate Wooley Sextet"
TITLE "(Sit In) The Throne of Friendship"
FILE "01 - Old Man on the Farm.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Old Man on the Farm"
    PERFORMER "Nate Wooley Sextet"
    ISRC PTNF11309043
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "02 - Make Your Friend Feel Loved.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Make Your Friend Feel Loved"
    PERFORMER "Nate Wooley Sextet"
    ISRC PTNF11309044
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "03 - The Berries.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Berries"
    PERFORMER "Nate Wooley Sextet"
    ISRC PTNF11309045
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "04 - Plow.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Plow"
    PERFORMER "Nate Wooley Sextet"
    ISRC PTNF11309046
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "05 - Executive Suites.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Executive Suites"
    PERFORMER "Nate Wooley Sextet"
    ISRC PTNF11309047
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "06 - My Story, My Story.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "My Story, My Story"
    PERFORMER "Nate Wooley Sextet"
    ISRC PTNF11309048
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "07 - Sweet and Sad Consistency.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "Sweet and Sad Consistency"
    PERFORMER "Nate Wooley Sextet"
    ISRC PTNF11309049
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "08 - A Million Billion BTUs.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "A Million Billion BTUs"
    PERFORMER "Nate Wooley Sextet"
    ISRC PTNF11309050
    INDEX 01 00:00:00

Recorded December 1, 2012 at Water Music Studio, Hoboken, NJ

Since arriving in New York City in 2001, Nate Wooley has established himself as one of the most inventive trumpet players of his generation. In addition to the admiration of his peers, including fellow trumpeters like Taylor Ho Bynum, Peter Evans and Kirk Knuffke, Wooley has earned the respect of esteemed scene veterans, such as Dave Douglas, who said "Nate Wooley is one of the most interesting and unusual trumpet players living today, and that is without hyperbole." Wooley's unorthodox virtuosity incorporates a wide variety of extended techniques that exponentially expand the expressive range of his horn. From breathy under-pressurized microtones to coruscating overblown dissonances, Wooley's multihued sound palette transcends prescribed notions of conventional tonality. Though his willfully abstract approach lends itself well to free improvisation, his formative years spent crafting concise thematic solos in a traditional big band environment instilled an ecumenical sensibility that informs his artistry to this day. In addition to intimate solo recitals and experimental performances involving extreme amplification and feedback, Wooley has maintained a steadily working acoustic group featuring multi-instrumentalist Josh Sinton (on bass clarinet and baritone saxophone) as his vivacious frontline partner, with vibraphonist Matt Moran and either bassist Eivind Opsvik or tuba player Dan Peck as alternating members of a pliant rhythm section underpinned by drummer Harris Eisenstadt, whose Canada Day ensemble shares similar instrumentation and personnel, including Wooley. (Put Your) Hands Together (Clean Feed, 2011), the debut of Wooley's Quintet, offered a notable demonstration of his leadership skills. (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship is the premier of his Sextet, an augmented version of the abovementioned Quintet, which features both Opsvik and Peck performing in tandem. Expanding upon the territory explored on the previous release, Wooley and company imbue beguiling melodies and captivating rhythms with freewheeling episodes of bold invention, interweaving appealing themes with acerbic textures. The stately counterpoint of compositions like "Plow" and "Executive Suites" best exemplify Wooley's flair for juxtaposing effervescent harmonies and jarring discordances, setting Moran's incandescent flourishes and Eisenstadt's nimble accents against Opsvik, Peck and Sinton's subterranean rumblings. In contrast to the neo-classical meditation "The Berries," the band members' fervent extrapolations on "Make Your Friend Feel Loved" push into vanguard territory, with Sinton's frenzied baritone histrionics rivaling Herb Robertson's infamously manic vocalizations. The leader's similarly ardent statements on the aforementioned number seamlessly integrate quicksilver bop cadences with abrasive metallic shards, while his earthy ruminations on "My Story, My Story" transpose raw expressionism into mature, heartrending lyricism. (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship is a salient example of Wooley's diversified talents as a soloist, writer and bandleader. Reinforcing the album's titular theme is the affable rapport of Wooley's empathetic sidemen, whose conversational interplay brings his engagingly adventurous tunes to life. ~ troy collins, allaboutjazz.com, september 3, 2013
Music fans who are familiar with Nate Wooley's latest releases will be surprised to hear the other side of the trumpeter's musical vision, one that is less focused on sound and technique, but more on composition and arrangements, and with equal success I must say. The band is actually an extension of Wooley's quintet that released "(Put Your) Hands Together", with tuba-player Dan Peck as the new member, next to Wooley on trumpet, Josh Sinton on bass clarinet and baritone saxophone, Matt Moran on vibes, Eivind Opsvik on bass, and Harris Eisenstadt on drums. The music is as inventive and varied as on the first album, yet taking even a step further, making it more memorable in that sense, maybe more complex, more compelling, with solos that just go a notch deeper and stronger, in such a way that you want to listen again and again, because even if all sounds are quite easy to get into, and are welcoming and warm from the first listen, the compositions and arrangements develop in unpredictable ways, with lots of tempo and rhythm changes within each track, making it an almost mandatory gesture to push on the start button again, just to make sure you understood what was happening, and especially how it all fits together and how it works out so nicely. The album opens with the magnificent theme of "Old Man On The Farm", so beautiful and moving, that you wonder whether this is truly Wooley you're listening to, but then the theme collapses in absolute free improvisation with great duets between trumpet and bass clarinet, spiralling upwards, in absolute frenzy, then move back into the unison theme with Swiss clock precision. The album also gives us a grand tour of jazz history, with boppish moments as on the second track, "Make Your Friend Feel Loved", on which Dan Peck plays a lead role, with deep intro growls from his tuba gradually picking up rhythm, Eisenstadt and Moran joining soon, then Wooley Sinton Opsvik bring the theme, things change into hesitant stalling chords, going nowhere at all like a track stand in cycling, full of built-up tension, only to be released by a boppish "walking tuba" underpinning for a great solo by Wooley, full of joy and anger at the same time, things come to a halt again, the theme resurfaces and Sinton shouts through his baritone for his solo part. "The Berries" offers Moran the stage for a long solo moment in between a jubliant unison theme that is fun although somewhat too mellow for my taste. Things get better again with "Plow", with odd thematic counterpoints as beacons in an otherwise open-ended structure, with solos for Opsvik in the first part, and some weird trialogue between trumpet, vibes and bass clarinet in the second. "Executive Suites" is a strange animal, with changing themes, rhythms and moods even, varying between funny and solemn, with complex arrangements and sudden surprises. "My Story My Story" is a melancholy piece that starts rhythm-less with muted trumpet tones over slow vibes which sound like church bells in the distance, and with bass and tuba adding darkness in the lower tones, over slowly changing ascending chord changes, then halfway an explicit slow blues emerges with Wooley unmuting his horn, playing some astonishing fully voiced multiphonics, then sounding like Lester Bowie in "The Great Pretender", heartrending and deeply emotional. "Sweet And Sad Consistency", has a contemplative beginning which evolves into a stomping uptempo 7/8 juggernaut with Sinton blowing some hair-raising howls out of his baritone sax, in stark contrast to Wooley's warm introduction, while bass and drums are more of the headbanging kind, but when the band is at full throttle, the thing stops for some side conversation of the low volume kind, all this in sharp contradiction with the track's title. The album ends with "A Million Billion BTUs", a composition built around several themes, one more sweeping, the other interestingly accelerating, with changes of tempo throughout and great solo space for Wooley, Sinton and Moran. So, now listen to this album, and again and again. To describe it in a few words is hard, as you can understand from the above, but here is a try : a warm and heartfelt album, full of inventive compositions, building on various elements of jazz tradition, yet moving it a step further into the future, performed with superb musicianship and equally warm and tight interplay. Play it again! ~ stef gissels, freejazzblog.org, november 18, 2013

Nate Wooley - trumpet
Josh Sinton - bass clarinet & baritone saxophone
Matt Moran - vibraphone
Eivind Opsvik - double bass
Dan Peck - tuba
Harris Eisenstadt - drums