Name: Twelve Songs (SPKG)
Brand: BLECKMAN,THEO
SKU: 115822
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Twelve Songs (SPKG)

Rating

Album: Twelve Songs (SPKG)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Songs My Mother Taught Me	More Info...
2)	Feldeinsamkeit (In Summer Fields)	More Info...
3)	At the River	More Info...
4)	The Cage	More Info...
5)	Weil' auf Mir (Eyesso Dark)	More Info...
6)	Serenity	More Info...
7)	In the Mornin'	More Info...
8)	The Housatonic at Stockbridge	More Info...
9)	The See'r	More Info...
10)	The New River	More Info...
11)	Like a Sick Eagle	More Info...
12)	Waltz	More Info...
2)	In Summer Fields	More Info...
3)	At the River	More Info...
4)	The Cage	More Info...
5)	Eyes So Dark	More Info...
6)	Serenity	More Info...
7)	In the Mornin'	More Info...
8)	The Housatonic at Stockbridge	More Info...
9)	The See'r	More Info...
10)	The New River	More Info...
11)	Like a Sick Eagle	More Info...
12)	Waltz	More Info...

Album: Twelve Songs (SPKG)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Songs My Mother Taught Me	More Info...
2)	Feldeinsamkeit (In Summer Fields)	More Info...
3)	At the River	More Info...
4)	The Cage	More Info...
5)	Weil' auf Mir (Eyesso Dark)	More Info...
6)	Serenity	More Info...
7)	In the Mornin'	More Info...
8)	The Housatonic at Stockbridge	More Info...
9)	The See'r	More Info...
10)	The New River	More Info...
11)	Like a Sick Eagle	More Info...
12)	Waltz	More Info...
2)	In Summer Fields	More Info...
3)	At the River	More Info...
4)	The Cage	More Info...
5)	Eyes So Dark	More Info...
6)	Serenity	More Info...
7)	In the Mornin'	More Info...
8)	The Housatonic at Stockbridge	More Info...
9)	The See'r	More Info...
10)	The New River	More Info...
11)	Like a Sick Eagle	More Info...
12)	Waltz	More Info...

Performer Notes

Composer: Charles Ives .
Composer: Charles Ives .
Theo Bleckmann: Theo Bleckmann; Adam Benjamin (piano); Kaveh Rastegar, Nate Wood , Shane Endsley, Ben Wendel.
Personnel: Ben Wendel (tenor saxophone); Shane Endsley (trumpet); Kaveh Rastegar (acoustic bass); Nate Wood (drums).
Charles Ives' songs were underappreciated when he was alive; some of his biggest admirers are people who discovered his music long after his death--and one of them is New York singer Theo Bleckmann, who pays tribute to the American composer on TWELVE SONGS BY CHARLES IVES. Combining avant-garde jazz with elements of cabaret and avant-garde classical, Bleckmann, accompanied by the ensemble Kneebody, puts his own spin on Ives' compositions, giving them 21st century makeovers. In fact, someone who heard this 58-minute CD without knowing anything about Ives's life might be surprised to find out that "Weil auf Mir" goes back to 1902 or that "At the River" was written in 1916. TWELVE SONGS BY CHARLES IVES is not only one of Bleckmann's most intriguing albums--it is also one of his most consistent.

Professional Reviews

Down Beat (p.74) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "On `The New River,' Kneebody nails the Ivesian collage mentality....Another water song, `At The River,' starts by presenting its melody in a hypnotic ambient setting..."