Pow Wow

Howard Alden, Ken Peplowski - Pow Wow

Pow Wow
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Artist: Howard Alden, Ken Peplowski
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-01-08
Music Label: Arbors Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Pow Wow
  2. Dream Dancing
  3. Did I Remember?
  4. Very Early
  5. Who Knows
  6. After All
  7. Bossango
  8. I See Your Face Before Me
  9. Tempus Fugit
  10. The Land Of the Loon
  11. The Things We Did Last Summer
  12. Panama
  13. Lucky To Be Me

Music reviews of Pow Wow

Music Review: A gem.
Rating: 4 Stars

Duets are the jazz equivalent of a trapeze act without a safety net, especially when they are between a horn player and guitarist. Sans bass, sans drums there is a danger that the texture will seem thin. Even the great Joe Pass was reduced to routine plinking and plonking when he made such a record with tenor player Zoot Sims.
But the guitarist Howard Alden and the tenor saxophonist/ clarinettist Ken Peplowski surmount that problem with ease on this lovely recording.
It's been a long time since these two virtuosi recorded together, and to hear them join forces on a generous helping of duets is a rare treat.
This is a very special, fluid listening experience.
They know the value of restraint. Their series of duets is a gem, generating a true sense of intimacy and never lapsing into predictable, jazz-by-numbers exchanges.
The track listing is as diverse as anyone who has heard them live would expect.
Peplowski has seldom sounded more airy and buoyant; even more impressive is the way that Alden constantly shifts from rhythmic strumming, through counter-lines, floating chords and unison passages.
Together Alden and Peplowski seem to somersault through musical space, no safety net required.
Both men may be rooted in swing, but their tastes range as far afield as Bud Powell's sprightly "Tempus Fugit" and the gentler contours of Bill Evans's "Very Early".
Peplowski's clarinet timbre is unfailingly warm and dark; when he switches to tenor sax, as on "Sammy Cahn" and Jule Styne's "The Things We Did Last Summer", he conjures up memories of that arch romantic.
My favourite tracks: "Very Early" and "Panama".

Description of Pow Wow

"Mr. Alden and Ken Peplowski worked together with fluidity and poise!" - Nate Chinen, New York Times

The dynamic duo produces an outstanding session of swinging jazz. A delightful pairing replete with harmonies and exciting interplay--their performance of "Panama" has been a showstopper at jazz events.

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