Sounds (Rob Brown album)

Sounds is an album by American jazz saxophonist Rob Brown recorded in 2006 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label. Instead of the conventional sax-bass-drums trio, it features an alternative combination with Brown on alto sax, Daniel Levin on cello and Japanese Satoshi Takeishi on a percussion set completed with taiko drums.[1]

Sounds
Studio album by
Rob Brown
Released2007
RecordedNovember 23, 2006
StudioFirehouse 12, New Haven
GenreJazz
Length57:39
LabelClean Feed
ProducerRob Brown
Rob Brown chronology
We Are Not Obstinate Islands
(2006)		 Sounds
(2007)		 Right Hemisphere
(2008)

The title track is a three-part suite composed for a multimedia performance that includes dance and visual art. It was debuted at the 2005 Vision Festival with the Nancy Zendora Dance Company and video art by Jo Wood-Brown.[2]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

The All About Jazz review by Sean Patrick Fitzell notes that "The textural range of the instrumentation, particularly the exotic percussion and the music's spaciousness of form allows for non-idiomatic exploration that is not strictly free improvisation."[4]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "A logical move to employ Levin, given how much Brown seems to relish a singing bass tone and long, legato lines... Things as 'Stutter Step' underline how much of Brown's language still comes from the '60s avant-garde, but there is considerable more going on here."[3]

Track listing
All compositions by Rob Brown except as indicated
  1. "Sounds part I Archaeology" – 12:30
  2. "Sounds part II Antics" – 6:27
  3. "Sounds part III Astir" – 10:34
  4. "Sutter Step" – 4:25
  5. "Tibetan Folk Song" (Traditional) – 8:47
  6. "Sinew" – 7:33
  7. "Moment of Pause" – 7:23

Personnel

References
  1. Sounds Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine at Clean Feed
  2. Original Liner Notes by Rob Brown
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 186–187. ISBN 0141034017.
  4. Fitzell, Sean Patrick. Sounds review at All About Jazz
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