And Begin Again - TIN/BAG
Kris Tiner, Trumpet / Mike Baggetta, Guitar
Brian Walsh, Clarinet / Harris Eisenstadt, Drums
2007
Evander Music (EM 044)
And Begin Again
Bienvenue
Recourse to Unison
For Wadada
The In-Between
Half-Life (I, II, III)
Back From The Eternity
Fishers of the Star
"Radiant... there's an open, intensely emotional quality to the duo's playing... spare, haunting, with hints of modernist avant garde gestures." - Andy Hamilton, The Wire (UK)
"Excellent... trumpeter Kris Tiner and guitarist Mike Baggetta explore abstract yet jazz-derived realms of expansive lyricism and liquid melody." - Time Out New York
"Kris Tiner and Mike Baggetta deliver an attractive album of duets and quartet improvisations that resonate with a fragile harmonic maturity typically unheard in the work of such young, occasionally impetuous artists... Never overstepping the other's bounds, they provide subtle contrasts and complements to the others statements. Sparse, melodic and understated, And Begin Again offers a different side of these young and up-and-coming artists talents." - Troy Collins, All About Jazz
And Begin Again, the second studio album from TIN/BAG, finds Tiner and Baggetta reinterpreting the idea of the duo on several new compositions along with two extended works for quartet that feature virtuoso L.A. clarinetist Brian Walsh and rising NYC jazz percussionist Harris Eisenstadt. An extension of the music found on their first album, There, Just As You Look For It, And Begin Again explores a more subdued aesthetic, focusing on melody and mood, without sacrificing any of the exploratory and adventurous interplay for which this duo is known.
