(Jazz, Avant-Garde,) Grencso Collective Plus - Seven Songs to the Last Mohicans - 2001, FLAC (tracks+.cue) lossless

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REM GENRE Jazz
REM DATE 2001
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Multi-reed artist Istvan Grencso's music is more playful, eclectic and risky than Dresch's, though his fascination with Hungarian ethnic music and jazz-based improvisation is just as strong. Unlike Dresch, Grencso is very active as a sideman and collaborator in a number of groups, including the Tickmayer Formatio (led by keyboardist Stephen Tickmayer, a recent associate of ex-Henry Cow drummer Chris Cutler), and Makam, a progressive instrumental folk band. Though the basic configuration of the Kollektiva is a reeds - bass (acoustic or electric) - drums trio, its size and instrumentation varies with the musical task at hand. On "Seven Songs...", Grencso augments his working trio with an electric guitarist, a violinist / vocalist and, on selected pieces, two turntablists and a vocal trio. The result is nothing less than kaliedoscopic.
Stylistically, "Seven Songs..." is all over the map, though it never feels like the product of fashion-driven eclecticism. Over the course of the CD, Grencso successfully integrates Gregorian chant (Second Song-II, Seventh Song-II), weird rock (Second Song-II, Fifth Song, Sixth Song II), and funk (First Song-II, Fourth Song, Seventh Song-II), with free / modern jazz and Hungarian folk / ethnic influences to produce some very striking and memorable music. Some of these pieces are haunting, and creepily evocative of some
impending disaster (First Song-I). Others are joyous, raucous celebrations with just a tinge of regret.
Grencso's musicianship is outstanding, as is that of his group.
Primarily an alto saxophonist with Dresch, Szabados, and on previous Kollektiva recordings, here, Grencso concentrates on tenor and soprano sax. He's an excellent player - imaginative, full of fire, and not afraid to investigate the outer limits of his instruments.
Bassist Robert Benko might just be Hungary's answer to Charlie Haden - he's a percussive player with an ear for melodies and dark harmonies, and Grencso gives him many opportunities to shine. Gabi Kenderesi's voice is also a huge asset. She has a wide stylistic range, and her largely wordless, vibratoless singing is emotive and soulful without being cute or cloying. Guitarist Csaba Hajnoczy is not really a jazz player, per se. His very brittle, very electric tone and penchant for dissonant, tortured tonal clusters recalls advanced rockers such as Fripp, Frith and Zappa rather than Frisell, McLaughlin or Metheny. On the less frenzied tunes (Third Song, Sixth Song-II), he resorts to well-articulated phrases played with a clean, crystalline sound. Due, perhaps, to the larger ensemble size, drummer Gyorgy Jeszenszky keeps a much lower profile here than on the previous Grencso Kollektiva recordings. The singers and turntablists are not just pasted on to attract attention: their striking and unusual contributions underscore the feelings of chaos, and peace, that Grencso is trying to express.

István Grencsó - tenor and soprano saxophone, accordion, whistle
Róbert Benkö - double bass, violoncello
György Jeszenszky - drums
Gabi Kenderesi - vocals
Csaba Hajnóczy - guitar
Csaba Gyulai - vocals
András Koncz - vocals
Zoltán Mizsei - vocals
DJ Mangó - loops
DJ Shuriken - loops