Mark
Hennen - piano
Lewis Barnes - trumpet
Charles Compo - tenor and baritone sax, flute
Richard Keene - soprano and tenor sax, flute
William Hooker - drums, poetry
"Recorded
at NY's Knitting Factory, Hooker's quintet explore the intensifying
dynamics of several extended improvisations.....Hooker continues
to explore adventures in sound with exemplary intensity and
invention." ----- Cadence
"William
Hooker plays like a man possessed. If he had four more arms
to play drums with, it still wouldn't be enough for all the
motion he has visualised in his head......I can't help but
getting worked up over something so joyous and explosive.
A veritable testimony to the life-changing powers of improv."
-----Your Flesh
"This
music is more like a blazing summer day than a sunset."
----- Option
"Great
Sunset should clear up any doubt about the validity of
Hooker's work......Hooker has released what could be the best
album of his career. While earlier efforts found Hooker too
loud in the mix and neglected his sidemen, this record sounds
like an ensemble effort." ------Jazziz
Hooker
web page: www.knittingfactory.com/hooker/
|
