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Arc of a Slow Decline

by Collin Sherman

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Robert Middleton This is the 105th jazz album I purchased this year from 2020. And I think it may be the best! Collin is an original artist with a unique sound and feeling. I loved this so much I bought four of his other recent albums. All of them are absolutely stellar.
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"Arc of a Slow Decline", my eleventh release, continues the focus on jazz and free improvisation of my past several albums. As with my past releases, I play all the instruments myself and overlay the parts. I have been listening to what is often called “free jazz” since high school, and have maintained an enduring love and fascination with the searching, spiritual qualities I heard on many recordings. The quest to ascend to some higher level of truth and understanding through free improvisation is something with which I deeply identify, and I continue that quest with this release.

The first disc (tracks 1-6) is the more composition-focused and elaborately arranged program of the two discs. Each piece, with the exception of “Sycophant Parade”, begins with a clear statement of melody followed by solos on saxophones and/or clarinets. The solos are “free” to varying degrees, depending of what the compositions and arrangements allow.

The second disc (tracks 7-13) is generally sparser, both from a compositional standpoint and with respect to the arrangements. Most of the pieces on this disc, with the exception of “Polar Ticks”, and to a lesser extent “Fury Spring”, have no stated melody or pre-planned chord progressions. The arrangements tend to utilize either only drums and horns, or piano/bass/horns without any percussion, adding occasional electronic flourishes.

Free improvisation is a search for truth and transcendental beauty. Although that search may never end, through this music, hopefully, we may all come a little closer to knowing that truth which we seek.

- Collin Sherman, August 2020

". . . there's a feeling that it contains a sublime underlying intent, a beauty within the freedom." * * * * - Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
www.allaboutjazz.com/arc-of-a-slow-decline-collin-sherman-extol-recordings

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released October 23, 2020

Collin Sherman: Alto Saxophone; Soprano Saxophone; Bb Clarinet; Bass Clarinet; Keyboards/Synthesizers; Electronics; Electric Guitar; Drum Programming.

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Collin Sherman New York, New York

Based in New York, New York, Collin Sherman creates experimental electro-acoustic jazz, ambient, drone, and noise. - See more at: collinsherman.com

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