The Big Takeover: Theo Bleckmann & the Westerlies - This Land (Westerlies)
Theo Bleckmann and brass quartet the Westerlies. Bleckmann’s elastic tenor has graced everything from Weimar cabaret revues to Meredith Monk, Kate Bush projects to the sound design for the film Men in Black. That breadth makes him an ideal collaborator for the Westerlies, who are not known for respecting genre-imposed musical boundaries. The program here includes material from Woody Guthrie, Bertholt Brecht and Joni Mitchell, among others, plus a handful of originals. Without a rhythm section and with a horn line of trumpets and trombones, there’s little traditional drive to the a...
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