Thawing Mammoth, by Achille Succi-alto saxophone & clarinets, Christopher Culpo-piano, Glauco Benedetti-tuba & euphonium

Thawing Mammoth

by Achille Succi-alto saxophone & clarinets, Christopher Culpo-piano, Glauco Benedetti-tuba & euphonium

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1.	Relaxed Contractions 04:21	info
2.	Uncle Universe 01:46	info	buy track
3.	Recursive Humor 01:22	info	buy track
4.	Recursive Relations 04:58	info	buy track
5.	Madame Dubois 02:00	info	buy track
6.	Quantum Entanglement 08:15	info	buy track
7.	Tired Tyre 01:30	info	buy track
8.	Thawing Mammoth 00:57	info	buy track
9.	Avian Courtship 08:38	info	buy track
10.	Wayward Delivery 01:22	info	buy track
11.	Liebe in Kriegszelten 04:54	info
12.	Solemn Stars 03:04	info	buy track
13.	Amplituhedrons 09:30	info	buy track
14.	Breakdown 02:51	info	buy track
15.	Reflection and Rotation 05:50	info	buy track
16.	Squirt Box 00:35	info	buy track
17.	Uncle Phella 07:04	info

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THAWING MAMMOTH is the second recording by the trio FRESH FROZEN - Achille Succi Alto saxophone, clarinet, and bass clarinet, Christopher Culpo Piano, and Glauco Benedetti Tuba.

The 17 compositions blend and move effortlessly between densely written, sparsely written, and freely improvised sections. There is a structural musical idea behind this recording. 9 titles composed by Succi or Culpo alternate with 8 collective pieces, and musical ideas circulate between the collective and written compositions. Sometimes a whisper of a melody in an improvisation will burst forth as a main theme in a later composition. Or a composition will be referenced in a later improvisation.

Every little phrase takes its shape within the musical dialogue. The effect creates a shared storytelling that largely avoids the melodic language and narrative associated with contemporary jazz.

Moods come and go, mix and mingle: manic, lyric, quixotic, comic, lethargic, majestic and giddy.

Time floats, patters, stutters, hesitates, dissolves, stops, pulses and screams ahead.

And before you know it, the Mammoth is Thawed.

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released December 12, 2017

Fresh Frozen Trio
Thawing Mammoth
recorded at Studio de la Seine, Paris, November 2013 by Khoi Huynh
Mixed by Ivan A. Rossi at 8brr.rec Studio, Milano
Released 2014 by El Gallo Rojo
Achille Succi clarinets and saxophones
Glauco Benedetti tuba
Christopher Culpo piano
Graphic Design by Massimiliano Sorrentini
Art by Anne Graaff

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Christopher Culpo Paris, France

Christopher Culpo is a performer/ composer who’s work lies at the confluence of contemporary music, jazz, and improvisation. He's written symphonic, opera, for dance and theatre,and has composed and improvised music for silent films.Recent releases include Thawing Mammoth with clarinetist-saxophonist Achille Succi, The Spectral Life of Things and Mimesis (2020) with saxophonist Catherine Sikora. ... more

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