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Title: a bird in context
Review: agnes martin, minimalist, worked primarily in pencil and paint on canvas, creating a body of work rich in subtlety, her washed color squares, often crosshatched grids, offer an illusory shimmer. again, as in earlier recordings inspired by works of joseph cornell and marcel duchamp, zorn replicates in musical tones another artist's, martin's, work, in this case adding a focal point to ambience.or from a different listening perspective, i first listened to this recording during a rainstorm. usually i enjoy listening to a rainstorm for its own music, but i found redbird to be a complimentary piece.other listening perspectives: playing duras by zorn after the redbird recording, the build up to anthony coleman's piano is stunningly beautiful. or include on your cd carousel just about any cd by olivier messiaen, i have a feeling that with redbird john zorn also may had been thinking of messiaen's birds.
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