Rob Clearfield
Itamar Borochov
Fred Pasqua
Joe Sanders

Voice in the Wilderness (Digifile)

Jazz & People

Personnel:
Rob Clearfield (p), Joe Sanders (b), Fred Pasqua (d), Itamar Borochov (tp)

Reference: JPCD 825003

Bar code: 5051083215596

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Disque Revelation · Jazz Magazine

Pianist Rob Clearfield, who has been a regular sideman for drummer Makaya McCraven both live and in the studio, emerges from the shadows with an album that reveals the strength and originality of his talent. In trio with double bassist Joe Sanders (Gerald Clayton, Charles Lloyd) and drummer Fred Pasqua, or in quartet with trumpeter Itamar Borochov, the American pianist presents a dense, spellbinding opus as carefully produced as it is sensitively arranged, reconciling the creative heritage of the Chicago scene, of which he is one of the most fertile offspring, with a sense of lyricism that goes straight to the heart. Includes two tracks produced by Makaya.

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Tracklist

01. Fields (Rob Clearfield) 5:49
02. When We Were Kings (Marquis Hill), 3:35
03. Voice in the Wilderness, Part 1 (Rob Clearfield) 4:19
04. Play Through That (Rob Clearfield) 1:16
05. New England (Rob Clearfield) 5:37
06. A Circle (Rob Clearfield) 1:34
07. If There Were Ever a Time (Rob Clearfield) 5:33
08. In Between (Rob Clearfield) 3:02
09. Voice in the Wilderness, Part 2 (Rob Clearfield) 7:20

Album details

Personnel:
Rob Clearfield (guitar), Joe Sanders (bass), Fred Pasqua (drums).
Guests on #3, 5, 6 & 9: Itamar Borochov (trumpet).
Recorded at Studio Éole, Rognes, France, June 19-20, 2024
Track #3 recorded by Itamar Borochov & Rob Clearfield at Espace Rachi,
Paris, France, June 23, 2024

Engineered & mixed by Ben Rando
Mastered by Anthony Gravino at High Cross Sound (Urbana, Illinois)
Artwork: Emily Pfaff, Among the Trees (2023)
Photography: Ben Rando
Graphic design: Olivier Linden
Liner notes written by Vincent Bessières

Produced by Rob Clearfield, tracks #2 and 9 produced by Makaya McKraven
Executive producer: Vincent Bessières

Press reviews

“There’s more to the art of one of Chicago’s most poetic jazz pianists than listeners may have realized.”
—The Chicago Tribune (USA)

“Emotionally opaque and unremittingly pensive, Clearfield mines a restricted emotional seam with phenomenal virtuosity and conviction.”
—Jazz Journal (GB)

“With an ear for development, an appreciation for brevity, and an eye for sussing out form within form, Rob Clearfield provides everything that's needed and then some."
—All About Jazz (USA)