"This album requires active engagement on the part of the listener. It’ll push you through your confusion into a place satisfyingly close to enlightenment. High volume and good speakers are heavily recommended." -David Menestres, Free Jazz Blog
—
Seven Storey Mountain V is the fifth of seven evening length works that began with a Festival of New Trumpet commission in 2007. Recorded live at Abrons Art Center in New York City as part of the 2015 Tectonics NY festival, SSMV continues Wooley’s idea of creating an ecstatic and communal music that is non-religious and non-genre based. The massive collective group includes international stars from the jazz, new music, electronic, and noise worlds–working together to realize Wooley’s singular musical vision. The group, which is the largest to date, features Wooley on amplified trumpet alongside C. Spencer Yeh and Samara Lubelski on amplified violins, Ben Vida on electronics, Ben Hall and Ryan Sawyer on percussion, Chris Dingman and Matt Moran on vibraphone, Colin Stetson, Josh Sinton, and Dan Peck on amplified reeds and brass, and the TILT Brass octet (Chris McIntyre, Gareth Flowers, Mike Gurfeld, Tim Leopold, Will Lang, Matt Melore, Jen Baker, and James Roger).
Recorded May 9, 2015 at Abrons Art Center, presented by Tectonics NY/Issue Project Room, NYC
credits
released December 7, 2016
Bass Saxophone – Colin Stetson
Bass Trombone – James Rogers
Contrabass Clarinet [Amplified] – Josh Sinton
Drums – Ben Hall, Ryan Sawyer
Trombone – Jen Baker, Matt Melore
Trombone [And Conductor] – Chris McIntyre
Trombone [Tenor] – William Lang
Trumpet – Mike Gurfield, Tim Leopold
Trumpet [And Amplifier], Tape – Nate Wooley
Trumpet [Piccolo] – Gareth Flowers
Tuba [Amplified] – Dan Peck
Vibraphone – Chris Dingman, Matt Moran
Violin [Amplified] – C. Spencer Yeh, Samara Lubelski
Mastered By, Mixed By – Bojan Vuletić
Recorded By – Bob Bellerue
supported by 16 fans who also own “Seven Storey Mountain V”
Simply amazing to hear a new album with Wadada and Ewart!! ...And Reed rounds out this trio beautifully.
Just gave it my first spin. Absolutely magical. jeffrey maurer
supported by 16 fans who also own “Seven Storey Mountain V”
This record has such a magical flow to it, it seems to capture so directly the ups and downs of life, the joy of music and dance, and it's just so damn catchy and fun to listen to as well. Giles