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DIVINA INCRENCA ~ DIVINA INCRENCA EDITIO PRINCEPS 14 (Barcode: 7898901556145) ~ BRAZIL ~ Free Jazz / Improvised Music Recorded: 1980 Released: 2007 This is a reissue of the only album recorded by pioneering Avant-Garde Brazilian Jazz trio Divina IncrencaFind albums by this artist, which comprised of multi-instrumentalist Felix WagnerFind albums by this artist, bassist Rodolfo StroeterFind albums by this artist and drummer Azael RodriguesFind albums by this artist. The album also features three guest musicians, who play on selected tracks: saxophonists Mauro SeniseFind albums by this artist and Roberto SionFind albums by this artist and flautist Claus PremeFind albums by this artist. In addition to the eight tracks included on the original LP album, this remastered edition also includes five previously unreleased outtakes from the original sessions and one live track. All the music is original and all was composed by the trio members. Together with such early Brazilian Jazz ensembles like Grupo UmFind albums by this artist and Pé Ante PéFind albums by this artist, Divina Increnca basically shaped to Brazilian Jazz an Jazz-World Fusion scene for years to come, creating for the first time original Brazilian Jazz rather than Bossa Nova music, which was more associated with Brazilian Folklore and adapted to Jazz by musicians from outside of Brazil. Divina Increnca was clearly the most advanced of these ensembles as far as Avant-Garde and Free Jazz is concerned and most of this album can be described as belonging to the searching music, which puts the individual freedom at the centre, but maintains a strong ensemble mood and presents clearly coherent melodic motifs. Dominated by Wagner´s excellent piano parts, the album presents all the trio members and their guest as excellent instrumentalist, who are clearly able to swing when needed and to develop freely improvised passages, which are inspired and interesting. Although Free Jazz reached Brazil about a decade after it exploded in the US and Europe, the Brazilian response to the challenge was formidable, even if only within a small sphere of musicians. Albums like this are sacred pieces of music history, which deserve to be preserved and brought back to life. As far as Brazilian music is concerned, the small Editio PrincepsFind albums on this label label made a superb job of it and its releases are all worth their weight in gold!

Updated: 12/04/2019Posted: 13/04/2018

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