The Conway Suite
Tenor and Soprano Saxophones - Deri Roberts
Church Organ – Dave Stapleton
Recorded on February 10th 2005 at Conway Church, Cardiff, this duo project was initiated by pianist Dave Stapleton and saxophonist Deri Roberts. Inspired by their classical backgrounds and by the spacious and spiritual acoustics of the Conway church this recording is a document of 6 improvisations and part-composed pieces that display a new side to the collaborative relationship and chemistry between Roberts and Stapleton. Crossing the boundaries between classical/spiritual music, jazz and contemporary minimalism it’s a very warm, mesmerizing and powerful recording full of seductive melodies and an atmosphere that veers between the scary and the sublime.
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“This remarkably soulful recording coax a huge variety of sounds from the airy church acoustic, with Terry Riley-type drones leading into late-Coltrane wails, creating a satisfying natural sense of space and place…What’s more striking is the strong, spiritual feeling of the slowly unfolding form”. (Independent on Sunday) ****
“The Conway Suite reminds me of that Hilliard Ensemble and Jan Garbarek album ‘Officium’ but not as self consciously ecclesiastical and I actually prefer it for that reason”. (Mixing It – BBC Radio 3)
TRACK LISTING:
1. Prologue
2. Second Light
3. Incantation
4. Calm
5. Journey Home
6. Epilogue
Total: 43.43
