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Dane TS Hawk & The Cerebral Hemispheres – Coming Up (LP)

Coming Up contains: LP / CD / Note sheet / A letter

Description
In this series of compositions, arranged exclusively for horns, TS Høeg's highly personal Danish blues is heard in its fullest form. Coming Up is caught in a sonic Bermuda-triangle between fiery fanfares, unusual timbres and uplifting waves of wistfulness. True to form, the composer honks up front on his alto sax, and is joined this time by The Cerebral Hemispheres (Dinesen, Tranberg and Hyhne), on tenor sax, trumpet and trombone.

TS Høeg is like a bird of prey among the pigeons in the Danish cultural dovecot, and has since the late seventies been a great source of inspiration for artists of younger generations. From the late seventies experiments and punk jazz of Cockpit Music and Tapehead, through the eighties and nineties with the alternative big band sounds of Somesax and the Great Mongo Dilmuns, and with today's numerous guest appearances and solo shows. This is celebrated with the release of Coming Up, Høeg's second on Escho and the follow up to Dome Music from 2006.

TS Høeg – altosax
Jakob Dinesen – tenorsax
Kasper Tranberg – trumpet and pocket ditto/cor net/flugelhorn
Mads Hyhne – trombone

Track list
01. Bold but blue fanfare (0:33)
02. Domeg (3:03)
03. Tromfon #1 (for solo altosax & horn stabs) (2:12)
04. Sad but true #2 (4:02)
05. Kalimba (3:52)
06. One note each (1:27)
07. Infantil populær (2:27)
08. Mourn (3:57)
09. Tromfon #3 (for solo altosax & trumpet timbres) (2:02)
10. Exercise #13 (4:22)
11. Tom for titel blues (6:09)
12. Tromfon #2 (for solo altosax & trombone timbres) (1:13)
13. Hymn #2 (for 2 trumpets & 2 tenorsaxes) (1:30)
14. Wizard (3:07)
15. Tromfon #4 (for 2 altosaxes) (2:58)
16. The big cluster (6:48)

CD bonus tracks:
17. 4 blind trombones (2:16)
18. Saga blot #3 (for horn ensemble) (2:07)
19. 4 blind altosaxes (2:11)
20. Saga blot #5 (for 4 trumpets) (2:06)
21. Saga blot #5 (for 4 altosaxes) (2:12)
22. 4 blind trumpets (2:09)
23. Saga blot #6 (for 4 altosaxes) (2:02)
24. Tower of saga (2:13)

Notes
All music composed and arranged by TS Høeg. Mixed by John Fomsgaard. Mastered by Goodiepal.

Released 14 December 2008
Catalogue no.: ESC12
Format: LP
300 copies