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--------GREAT NEWS!!!-------- The new CD from Hilary Noble & Rebecca Cline: ENCLAVE, on Zoho Music is available through CCNow as of October 11, 2005.

Reviews for Hilary Noble and Rebecca Cline:
Enclave

AllAboutJazz/ Norman Weinstein

"There's a move afoot in the jazz world to expand the parameters of Latin jazz, with Hilary Noble, Rebecca Cline and Dafnis Prieto among the prime instigators." --October 2006

JazzReview/Veronica Timpanelli

"The melange of Afro-Latin rhythms from Brazil, Cuba and Argentina mixed with free, fusion and post-bop jazz on this recording, results in a musical style that is fiery and smart, snappy and charged."

Enclave is a definite must-have for Afro-Latin Jazz enthusiasts and anyone who appreciates music that is flavorful and vivacious. This precocious quartet plays very well together and offers up some stellar performances that are sure to have many hips a-swaying, hands a-clapping and yes, claves (where available) clave-ing." --June 2006

All Music/ Scott Yanow

"On their eight originals and a reworking of the standard "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To," saxophonist Hilary Noble and his co-leader pianist Rebecca Cline perform a stirring blend of Afro-Cuban jazz and passionate post-bop jazz. Noble is a particularly outstanding soloist, able to improvise with great intensity but also melodic warmth at times, whether on tenor, soprano, alto, or flute. Rebecca Cline is just as versatile, taking "Eleven Ruminations" and in other spots showing what she has learned from Gonzalo Rubalcaba and the other great Cuban pianists. Bassist Fernando Huergo and drummer Steve Langone provide stirring support and musical commentary.

Whether straight-ahead, Latin, avant-garde, or world music, these performances always hold one's interest, making Enclave a highly recommended example of modern 21st century jazz." --2006

JazzTimes/ Owen Cordel

"The playing is hard-hitting...Noble and Cline have technique to burn...[Noble] often recalls David Murray and Pharoah Sanders. Cline is harder to pin down, although a Latinate McCoy Tyner comes to mind."
--March 2006

LatinJazzNet/ Thomas Pena

Enclave among Top 10 Recordings of 2005

"Saxophonist, Hilary Noble and pianist, Rebecca Cline make quite the pair. Suffice it to say, the collaboration between the two bears fruit. Word has it that the duo gave a spirited performance at their CD Release Party, which was held at New York's, Cornelia Street Café. In terms of the repertoire, expect: post-bop, free jazz and the rhythms of Brazil, Cuba and Argentina. Least I forget, leave a little room for experimentation. Here's hoping we haven't heard the last of Noble and Cline as a team. Bass player Fernando Huergo and drummer Steve Langone round out the ensemble nicely. Cline's percussive style and killer montunos are just one of the many surprises on this recording. Standout tracks include: You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To and Viva Freire." --February 2006

VillageVoice/ Tom Hull

"Noble studied sax with George Garzone and Yusef Lateef, but he also did extra credit in Afro-Cuban percussion, and he puts both to use here. Cline picked up her piano from Joanne Brackeen and Chucho Valdés, and she delivers the whole package—she's impossible to ignore, even in the background. Whereas most Latin jazz gravitates toward siesta, leave it to [Noble and Cline] to shake things up." --February 17, 2006

Jazzwise Magazine/ Tony Hall

"* * * * Recommended: This is such a refreshing record...Provocative, passionate playing over consistently stimulating tracks."
-- February 1, 2006

El Nuevo Dia/ Rafael Vega Curry

"El espacio musical que habitan Hilary Noble (saxos, congas y percusión) y Rebecca Cline (piano) no es un enclave cerrado. Muy al contrario, esta música vigorosa se abre, aquí y allá, a toques de jazz free, drum and bass y otros estilos. La banda es acoplada y enérgica, tanto que a veces parecen ser más de cuatro. Pero las estrellas indiscutibles son los co líderes: Noble impresiona con su energía tanto en los saxos como en las congas, y Cline -quien residió varios años en San Juan- apuesta por un piano bravo, bien rítmico, listo para inyectar en cualquier momento un montuno en medio de la más compleja exploración “straight”. El arreglo de You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To es especialmente impresionante." --January 22, 2006

Latin Beat Magazine/ Nelson Rodriguez

"Saxophonist Hilary Noble joined forces with pianist Rebeca [sic] Cline to record Enclave, with Fernando Huergo (bass) and Steve Langone (drums). Both Cline and Noble handle the composing dimension with excellent chemistry and enjoyable passages from beginning to end."
--November 2005

OsPlaceJazz/ D. Oscar Groomes

"Enclave is a musical exercise combining Latin rhythms with bop, fusion and free jazz. The band includes Fernando Huergo (b) and Steve Langone (d) while Rebecca plays piano and Hilary plays sax. The experiment has a high yield producing songs with vamp beats like 'Dragon Slayer.' Their arrangement of "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" transforms the tune into an instrumental calypso swinger. 'Once Eleven' finds Hilary soloing free style over cool beats contrasting with the blue ballad, "Dark Nebula". Overall we found this to be an intriguing session." --2005

Noctambulo/ Carlos A. Iramain

"Extraordinario cierre del Jazzfest en el Nuyorican Café del Viejo San Juan" --November 23, 2005

AllAboutJazz/ Tom Greenland

"Saxophonist/conguero Hilary Noble and pianist Rebecca Cline...with their new release, Enclave, [have] come up with hardy hybrid in the best tradition of jazz eclecticism: a mixing of Downtown ecstatica with south-of-the-border sensibilities."

"...At their CD release party at Cornelia Street Café last month, these musicians gave a spirited live rendition of the album, track for track, manifesting the interpersonal chemistry, collaborative individualism, and collective aché (positive vibes) that make this musical aggregation so much more than the sum of its partners. Enclave crosses new borders in Latin jazz, proving that things are often found, not lost, in translation."
--November 4, 2005

AllAboutJazz/ Michael P. Gladstone

" This album offers some very good Latin (and world) jazz performed by two Americans and their quartet..." --Oct. 27, 2005

AllAboutJazz/ Norman Weinstein

"Enclave gets my vote for the best jazz CD of the year. It's fun and intellectually challenging, flawlessly performed yet marked by a spontaneous elan. Best of all, this kind of free jazz/Latin jazz synthesis promises to open doors to other artists aiming for something other than recycled Machito." --Oct. 4, 2005

Descarga/ Peter Watrous

Descarga Editor's Pick: "Here’s a fine modern Latin jazz record, one that owes a ton to contemporary Cuban jazz playing. Cline, the pianist in the group, and Noble, the saxophonist and percussionist, float over the electric bass of the bassist Fernando Huergo; they work through montunos, and even take on a standard — You’d be so Nice to Come Home To — that isn’t Night in Tunesia [sic], or Take the A Train. The writing from the group is uniformly excellent, and the recording is unquestionably a hint of what’s to come in jazz. Highly Recommended." --Sept. 22, 2005

eJazzNews/ George W. Carroll

"Kudos right away to Rebecca Cline's piano mastery, and her unusual use of the wondrous harmonies associated with our beloved jazz idiom. The standard ''You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To'' is definitely an 'outside' take of this great cover, delivered most capably by Cline's prowess and musical imagination. Cline's harmonic and melodic lyricism emerges with a constant yet seemingly unstoppable flow of ideas. Rebecca and her talented musical partner, reedman Hilary Noble deliver their music still with an essential simplicity that allows us their interested and edified listeners to be instructed in the ways of jazz. And, this disc is an argument for us to never stop that eternal quest to learn more about the idiom we love so much." --2005

Bruce Crowther

"Fiery and pulsating, this exhilarating set by Hilary Noble and Rebecca Cline blends the rhythmic excitement of Cuba and Brazil with adventurous post bop and free jazz. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing tenor, alto and soprano saxophones, flute and an array of percussion instruments; she plays piano. Both are interesting composers, having written, mostly together, all save one of the tunes on this set. Hilary and Rebecca are ably supported by bass player Fernando Huergo and drummer Steve Langone. Dramatic, intense and burning with inner fire, this is music that makes the listener sit up and pay attention." --2005

Radio Universidad WRTU 89.7/ Elmer Gonzalez

"Son 60 minutos de energía y buen jazz con buenas intervenciones de los solistas. Tanto Hilary Noble como Rebecca Cline presentan su mejor trabajo discográfico hasta el momento." --2005

Hilary Noble: NOBLE SAVAGE (Whaling City Sound, WCS 016-2)

Personnel: Hilary Noble, saxophones and percussion; Bobby Sanabria, drums and percussion; John di Martino, piano; Boris Kozlov, acoustic bass; Charles Neville, saxophones; Andy McWain, elec piano (tr. 1, 2)

Buy Now From CCNow Track listing:

1. The Fire Next Time (Noble)
2. Rumb'azul (Noble)
3. Relapse (Noble)
4. Jelly Roll (Mingus)
5. Guiro Moderno (Sanabria/Noble)
6. Seven Effects of Highly Habitual People (Noble)
7. Il? Olurun (Noble)
8. (N)eurotrash (Noble)
9. Dream Dance (McWain)
10. Sandunga Mofongo (Noble)
11. Terra Australis (Noble)

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Strongly influenced by Latin jazz, Hilary Noble's music nonetheless resists categorization. He himself is hard to pigeonhole, being equally at home on the saxophone and on Afro-Latin percussion. His melding of progressive jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythm flows naturally from trying to reconcile his two instrumental voices. Noble is a dynamo onstage, alternately leading the charge with his forceful horn playing on multiple saxophones and mixing it up with the rhythm section on percussion. He has performed his music with some of the most recognized figures of Latin jazz, including Bobby Sanabria and Oscar Stagnaro. His debut CD as a leader, Noble Savage, was released on Whaling City Sound in 2002. It was co-produced by Bobby Sanabria and features Sanabria and guest saxophonist Charles Neville. A recent JazzReview.com article described the album as both "magical" and a "tour de force."

Available from Noble Path and distributed in the U.S. by Northcountry Distributors.

Reviews of Noble Savage:

"Boston-based saxophonist-percussionist-composer Hilary Noble has served as sideman with a number of well-know groups, including that of Latin-jazz drummer Bobby Sanbaria. For his first album of his own, Noble recruited Sanabria's services--along with Sanabria's pianist, John di Marino (sic), and bassist, Boris Kozlov--and focused on his own fusing of Afro-Caribbean forms and rhythms with post-bop jazz. He also brought in electric pianist Andy McWain for couple (sic) of tracks and New Orleans sopranoist Charles Neville to assist on three."

"Although not all the charts are Latin--Noble's affecting ballad "Relapse" being one of several examples of the performers' straight jazz skills--the program features such Cuban forms or rhythms as mozambique, bembe, rumba, guaracha as well as Dominican merengue, Brazilian samba and Venezuelan joropo. The rhythmic texture of these pieces is consistently thick and rich and can produce an irresistibly propulsive momentum. Sanabria and his rhythm section are experts at this, but Noble fits in with them easily. He contributes on various percussion instruments, most often congas, as well as on his several saxophones, even overdubbing soprano, alto and tenor parts on one track. He also composed most of the pieces."

"While the excitement of the Latin rhythmic ambience is the recording's most striking feature, several very fine improvised solos also contribute to its appeal."

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