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Kenny Werner was so enamored of a rhythm Ari Hoenig had created for an arrangement 
on one of his own albums that Werner wrote the melody for Ari around it. 
The piece has a dark minor feel, over Ari's rhythmic layering. There’s a whimsy 
and lightness to the trio's version of Jerome Kern's The Song Is You as they dissect, 
transform and expand the song. Kenny says that, “One of our favorite things to do 
is take a standard and turn it into one of our own compositions.”

Werner's Animal Crackers has the sense of child-like joy, as the trio plays with time 
and line. Kenny calls it a challenging song. “It s more of an étude. The idea of the complexity 
is that it sounds simple but abstract.” First freely improvised and later orchestrated by Werner, 
Breathing Torso undertakes a journey into the heart of the band as they sing of the body electric. 
The trio once again transforms a standard on I Should Care, with the melody more implied 
than stated as the three play around and outside the changes. A companion piece to Who, 
from the trio's 2015 Pirouet record, The Melody, What? seems to venture into some sort 
of dark Avant-funk, as the trio explores new territory, electronic overdubs and all. 

The trio's beautiful interpretation of the standard If I Should Lose You floats in out of 
a balladic and a medium-up swing feel. The Latinesque Iago was inspired by the harmonic
concepts of Brazilian composer Weber Iago, and Mechanical Arm is another collaborative 
concoction that breathes life into the machine through rhythmic layering and group 
interplay. With Animal Crackers, Kenny Werner and his trio have created an intricate, 
passionate album that feeds the spirit as well as the senses. https://jazzineurope.mfmmedia.nl/


Uitgebracht: 17 oktober 2017
Bezetting:
Ari Hoenig - piano,
Johannes Weidenmüller - bas,
Kenny Werner - drums.
Label: Pirouet Records
https://www.pirouet.com/en/cd/animal-crackers/

foobar2000 1.3.16 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-03-04 17:02:10
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Analyzed: Kenny Werner Trio / Animal Crackers
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR15      -0.51 dB   -18.88 dB      5:27 01-Ari
DR14      -0.51 dB   -19.17 dB      5:07 02-The Song Is You
DR16      -0.51 dB   -18.28 dB      3:59 03-Animal Crackers
DR14      -0.51 dB   -20.02 dB      6:41 04-Breathing Torso
DR15      -1.11 dB   -19.15 dB      4:05 05-I Should Care
DR16      -0.52 dB   -20.16 dB      5:00 06-What?
DR15      -0.51 dB   -18.94 dB      6:43 07-If I Should Lose You
DR16      -0.51 dB   -20.26 dB      9:59 08-Lago
DR15      -0.51 dB   -18.68 dB      7:08 09-Mechanical Arm
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Number of tracks:  9
Official DR value: DR15

Samplerate:        96000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           2627 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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