Sided Silver Solid is keyboardist/composer Carl Maguire's Firehouse 12 debut and the second release from his longstanding band, Floriculture, which has performed his sophisticated compositions around New York since 2001. It is also the first recording to feature the band's expanded line-up featuring new music violist Stephanie Griffin and veteran multi-instrumentalist Oscar Noriega. Critics called the band's previous release, Floriculture (Between the Lines), "one of the true modern jazz surprises of 2006" (Glenn Astarita, ejazznews.com) and "as exciting a debut release as any in the last few years" (The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, Eighth Edition). "Floriculture most definitely exudes the mark of an extremely confident composer in Carl Maguire, who has a deep feel for the freedom that jazz allows," wrote AllAboutJazz.com's Budd Koppman. "His bandmates obviously enjoy bringing his music to life, and I thoroughly enjoyed taking the trip with them."
Musicians
Stephanie Griffin :: viola
Oscar Noriega :: clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
Carl Maguire :: piano, rhodes
John Hebert :: bass
Dan Weiss :: drums
Press Reviews for Sided Silver Solid
...a very impressive new set of chamberish avant-jazz...
-Time Out New York
As a composer, the new expanded version of the group provides him with a vast range of colours at his disposal, and Maguire dispatches the various combinations effectively. The front line of violist Stephanie Griffin, with her background in contemporary classical music, and Oscar Noriega's alto sax and clarinets blend in novel ways with Maguire's piano, bolstered by the rock solid rhythm section of bassist John Hébert and drummer Dan Weiss. The tunes are marked by angular yet captivating melodies.
-David Ryshpan, Exclaim!
Keyboardist and composer Carl Maguire, an artist with whom we've long been mightily impressed, has finally come through with a rich, challenging new disc by his band, Floriculture
-Time Out New York
Accompanied by the members of his quintet, violist Stephanie Griffin, reedman Oscar Noriega, bassist John Hébert and drummer Dan Weiss, Maguire exercises his capacity for charting sonic courses that show strength, ingenuity, solidity and, most of all, character. McGuire establishes a tonal range where the viola touches high peaks, and the bass and piano combined reach into complimentary lows, sometimes through synchronized progression ("Sex Cog"), other times through alternation ("Phoenicia & Cordelia"), or a combination of both ("Sensation Whereby Space"). This music is a concrete exploration of an instrumental motion, where the music never dwells in the same place for too long and any metaphorical connection to the world outside the music is on purpose.
-Lyn Horton, AllAboutJazz.com
El resultado es complejo, variado y rico, pero a la vez resulta fresco, inmediato y estimulante. Un gran disco en definitiva.
-Pachi Tapiz, Tomajazz.com
Sided Silver Solid è disco complesso, dagli sviluppi imprevedibili, che mostra una delle possibili nuove frontiere dell'improvvisazione e conferma Carl Maguire come un talento da seguire attentamente.
-Vincenzo Roggero, AllAboutJazz-Italia
True to the group name, Floriculture, Maguire has cultivated a fascinating garden full of beautifully strange musical flora and fauna...he has broken new ground in improvisational music—something these days that is very hard to do. Virtually every track reveals a compelling musical vision crafted by a confident hand and stunningly played by these great musicians...a major artistic statement, impressive in both conception and execution. Sided Silver Solid stands out as an important musical achievement and represents the best of what's possible in the avant-garde. My highest recommendation.
-David Kane, Cadence
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