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MP3 The New Quartet - Blue Rhizome

Four virtuosos from different musical worlds combine jazz, rock, hip hop, classical, and Indian music into the New Chicago Sound.

9 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Chamber Jazz, WORLD: World Fusion

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THE NEW QUARTET
BLUE RHIZOME
Imaginary Chicago Records 003

Karl E. H. Seigfried, bass & guitar
Greg Ward, saxophones & flute
Carmel Raz, violin
Chris Avgerin, drums & percussion
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The New Quartet brings together four exceptional performers with greatly varied backgrounds to create works that cross musical boundaries and find common ground between different world music traditions. Peoria saxophonist & flutist Greg Ward is a sideman with some of Chicago’s straight-ahead jazz masters. Israeli violinist Carmel Raz is an experienced chamber musician and soloist in the European classical tradition. The Chicago rhythm section of bassist & guitarist Karl E. H. Seigfried and drummer & percussionist Chris Avgerin anchors many groups on the cutting of edge of both jazz and rock in the city.
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From the liner notes to BLUE RHIZOME by composer Karl E. H. Seigfried:

The composition of this piece was inspired by a crisis of faith. Not religious faith, but faith in humanity. 150 years from now, it is guaranteed that everyone now alive will be in the ground or consumed by flames. There will be no exceptions. All our efforts, dreams, and hopes will end as all biographies must.

In these few years that we have of consciousness and life, we divide ourselves into tribes. Our choice of friends, lovers, and colleagues is based on comfort with what we see as members of our own group. Ethnicity, race, religion, culture, and nationality are used as an excuse to shut out love, new experiences, challenges to our habits, and expansion of our experiences. The Other is judged and the Like is embraced, whether consciously or not.

The movement titles of BLUE RHIZOME plot the psychological trajectory of the piece. "The Blue & the Black" reflects the sadness and despair of those wandering between tribes. A retreat into the "Fortress of Solitude" leads to a meditation on the transitory nature of life in "We Will All Become Ash." The possibility of finding common ground manifests in "Gopalnath," named for the great Carnatic saxophonist from India. "Destroy All Monsters" represents the anger that can grow out of sadness, whether the Monster is racism, sexism, or the Snake That Encircles the World. "A Distant Beauty" raises the glimmer of hope that we may find kindred spirits across tribal lines. This hope reaches its final expression in the idea that "Sometimes, There Is Love."

Musically, the piece is one continuous work divided into nine movements. The overture introduces themes stated and developed in tracks 3, 5, 6, & 7. The interludes are non-thematic and are based on time (groove) structures; each features a different member of the group.

This piece reflects my love for several different musical traditions: jazz, rock, hip hop, Carnatic music, and New Music (among others). I make no claim to write in these traditions authentically. Everything is filtered through my impressions of these musics and the performers’ interpretation of my ideas. In exploring these different musical languages, I heard the Blues running through all of them like a root--a BLUE RHIZOME.
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"Jazz fans will recognize Dr. Karl E. H. Seigfried from his tenure on acoustic double bass, but will be entertained to see his wizardry on electric guitar."
--Centerstage Chicago

“Chicago bassist/educator Seigfried plays utility man in various free jazz ensembles around town, but his own groups embrace a wider stylistic palette. New Orleans second line shuffles, bebop, blues and Alice Coltrane are just a few of Seigfried’s avowed influences.”
--TimeOut Chicago

“Karl E. H. Seigfried is a very talented bassist with a lot to say, musically speaking. His technical prowess is great, and musically he is rich with compelling ideas. His musical influences, as heard in his playing, are many and varied: the listener will detect styles such as jazz, classical, old guitar-based rural blues (think Robert Johnson), perhaps even traditional Japanese music."
--Bass World (Journal of the Int’l Society of Bassists)

"Seigfried is not avant-garde in a harsh, confrontational, dense way; in true AACM fashion, he uses space effectively and plays material that is reflective and contemplative rather than totally in your face."
--All Music Guide

"Seigfried’s activities span the classical and jazz spheres, as well as many other fields. The results are like a virtuosic elaboration of the work of Charlie Haden, bedded in a stately, stoical beauty but yielding at times to giddy flurries of ornamentation."
--Cadence

“Seigfried has played and taught bass in virtually all musical styles - from classical to avant garde jazz. He is a first-rate improvising bass player with great chops, a penetrating sound, and some very interesting ideas. Seigfried likes to muscle the bass around as if it were a large acoustic guitar. Folk-like themes crop up, and the blues is palpable even during Seigfried’s most edgy improvisations. Karl E. H. Seigfried is definitely a musician to watch and a huge asset to the already ultra-deep Chicago jazz scene.”
--Jazz Review

"Seigfried displays an enviable technique and a well articulated musical vision."
--All About Jazz

"Karl Seigfried (pronounced sEYEg-frEEd) is a rock solid bassist with a big tone and lovely melodic ideas."
--Cosmik Debris

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