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“Texas tenorist Geof Bradfield’s playing possesses a steely grandeur and deep sophistication.” -Michael Jackson, Downbeat
“…Bradfield is the sort of composer who creates room for departure.” -Nate Chinen
Composer and saxophonist Geof Bradfield’s music straddles diverse streams of the African Diaspora, drawing on modern jazz, Southern blues and roots, and African rhythms. With Colossal Abundance, his 10th album as a leader, Bradfield unveils his most ambitious work to date. Colossal Abundance is a meditation on the fabulous wealth—material, intellectual and spiritual—and abject poverty that coexist in modern society. Expanding upon his critically acclaimed Yes, and… music for nine improvisers (2017), Bradfield leads a stellar 12-piece ensemble through a program of his own compositions and new interpretations of John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Henry Threadgill and Jaki Byard.
“Twelve is a magic number,” muses Bradfield. “Mathematically it’s the smallest colossally abundant number, meaning it has unusually large number of divisors. Musically, that translates here into combinations of the 12 pulses of African rhythmic cycles, the 12 pitches of the Western chromatic scale, and the 12 musicians.” The core... more
“…Bradfield is the sort of composer who creates room for departure.” -Nate Chinen
Composer and saxophonist Geof Bradfield’s music straddles diverse streams of the African Diaspora, drawing on modern jazz, Southern blues and roots, and African rhythms. With Colossal Abundance, his 10th album as a leader, Bradfield unveils his most ambitious work to date. Colossal Abundance is a meditation on the fabulous wealth—material, intellectual and spiritual—and abject poverty that coexist in modern society. Expanding upon his critically acclaimed Yes, and… music for nine improvisers (2017), Bradfield leads a stellar 12-piece ensemble through a program of his own compositions and new interpretations of John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Henry Threadgill and Jaki Byard.
“Twelve is a magic number,” muses Bradfield. “Mathematically it’s the smallest colossally abundant number, meaning it has unusually large number of divisors. Musically, that translates here into combinations of the 12 pulses of African rhythmic cycles, the 12 pitches of the Western chromatic scale, and the 12 musicians.” The core... more
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releases September 6, 2024
GEOF BRADFIELD tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, mbira
GREG WARD alto saxophone
ANNA WEBBER tenor saxophone, flute, bass flute
BEN GOLDBERG clarinet and contra alto clarinet
DERRICK GARDNER trumpet
RUSS JOHNSON trumpet
NORMAN PALM trombone
MOMO HASSELBRING SEKO french horn
SCOTT HESSE guitar
CLARK SOMMERS bass
DANA HALL drums, cymbals and percussion
GREGORY BEYER berimbau, mbira, marimba, and percussion
Produced by Geof Bradfield
Recorded by Vijay Tellis-Nayak at Transient Sound in Chicago, June 19-20, 2023
Mixed and mastered by Rich Breen at Dogmatic Sound in Los Angeles
Layout, design, and photography by Chad McCullough
Ensemble photograph by Michael Jackson
Colossal Abundance was funded in part through the generous support of the Illinois Arts Council, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events of the City of Chicago, and a grant from Northern Illinois University.
GEOF BRADFIELD tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, mbira
GREG WARD alto saxophone
ANNA WEBBER tenor saxophone, flute, bass flute
BEN GOLDBERG clarinet and contra alto clarinet
DERRICK GARDNER trumpet
RUSS JOHNSON trumpet
NORMAN PALM trombone
MOMO HASSELBRING SEKO french horn
SCOTT HESSE guitar
CLARK SOMMERS bass
DANA HALL drums, cymbals and percussion
GREGORY BEYER berimbau, mbira, marimba, and percussion
Produced by Geof Bradfield
Recorded by Vijay Tellis-Nayak at Transient Sound in Chicago, June 19-20, 2023
Mixed and mastered by Rich Breen at Dogmatic Sound in Los Angeles
Layout, design, and photography by Chad McCullough
Ensemble photograph by Michael Jackson
Colossal Abundance was funded in part through the generous support of the Illinois Arts Council, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events of the City of Chicago, and a grant from Northern Illinois University.