Okuden - Every Dog Has Its Day... (2020)

Okuden
Every Dog Has Its Day But It Doesn’t Matter Because Fat Cat Is Getting Fatter
2020 - ESP-Disk': ESP5037
http://www.espdisk.com/5037.html
https://esp5037.bandcamp.com/album/every-dog-has-its-day-but-it-doesnt-matter-because-fat-cat-is-getting-fatter



* Mat Walerian : alto saxophone, bass clarinet, soprano clarinet, flute
* Matthew Shipp : piano
* William Parker : double bass, shakuhachi
* Hamid Drake : drums, percussion

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/okuden-quartet-mn0003957812

http://www.matwalerian.com/
https://www.matthewshipp.com/
https://www.williamparker.net/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Drake

Recorded by Jim Clouse at Parkwest Studios,
Brooklyn, New York, USA, on May 21, 2018.

Reviews

By Ken Waxman
https://www.jazzword.com/reviews/mat-walerian-matthew-shipp-william-parker-hamid-drake/

A new construct in Polish multi-instrumentalist Mat Walerian’s ongoing
relationship with New York pianist Matthew Shipp, as well as the duo’s links
with percussionist Hamid Drake and bassist William Parker, the ante is upped,
on eight lengthy tracks spread over two CDs. The rhythm sectin needs no
introduction, while Walerian, who plays alto saxophone, bass and soprano
clarinets and flute. He has also internalized the ins-and-outs of creating
Energy Music as well as any woodwind player on any continent. [...]

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By Nick Metzger
https://www.freejazzblog.org/2020/10/okuden-quartet-walerianshippparkerdrake.html

By Karl Ackermann
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/every-dog-has-his-day-but-it-doesnt-matter-because-fat-cat-is-getting-fatter-okuden-quartet-mat-walerian-matthew-shipp-william-parker-hamid-drake-esp-disk

By S. Victor Aaron
https://somethingelsereviews.com/2020/12/23/okuden-mat-walerian-matthew-shipp-william-parker-hamid-drake-every-dog-has-its-day-but-it-doesnt-matter-because-fat-cat-is-getting-fatter-2020/

By Filipe Freitas
https://jazztrail.net/blog/okuden-quartet-every-dog-album-review

By Paul Semel
https://paulsemel.com/okuden-quartets-every-dog-has-its-day-but-it-doesnt-matter-because-fat-cat-is-getting-fatter-review/

By Mike
https://avantmusicnews.com/2020/09/26/amn-reviews-mat-walerians-okuden-quartet-every-dog-has-its-day-but-it-doesnt-matter-because-fat-cat-is-getting-fatter-2020-esp-disk/

By Michael Ullman
https://artsfuse.org/215541/jazz-album-reviews-matthew-shipp-a-splendidly-many-sided-pianist/