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The October Trio is a Canadian Jazz Trio from Vancouver consisting of Josh Cole (bass), Dan Gaucher (drums), and 
Evan Arntzen (saxophone). Formed in 2004, the three met as students at Capilano College while studying jazz. 
Their influences are cited as being diverse, ranging from Vespertine-era Björk to the Wayne Shorter Quartet to local talents. (Wikipedia)

Comparisons are odious, but they're also damned useful. So bear with me while I suggest that New Dream 
has a lot in common with bassist Dave Holland's Conference of the Birds, a desert-island disc for me since its 1973 release.

This is high praise.

It's intentionally flattering, too, to say that the October Trio's Vancouver-based label, Songlines, is pretty much a contemporary version of ECM, 
the imprint that issued Conference and many other progressive classics. Like ECM's Manfred Eicher, Songlines owner Tony Reif is on the lookout 
for artists that can blend improvisational freedom with compositional acuity, and on that count the members of The October Trio don't disappoint.

Whether penned by reedman Evan Arntzen, drummer Dan Gaucher, or bassist Josh Cole, the band's tunes tend to start out 
with a singable melody, which is then spun through successive cycles of variation until it bears only a faint resemblance 
to the original. These are musicians who are not afraid to go "outside", but their process is so smart, and so measured, 
that most listeners will have no difficulty hanging on for the ride.

Holland, Anthony Braxton, Sam Rivers, and Barry Altschul did much the same thing on their earlier classic. What they didn't have, 
though, was Björk's body of work to draw on, and the version of "You've Been Flirting Again" that closes New Dream 
is proof positive that these dreams are new and not just an elegant reprise of the past. 
(by Alexander Varty on June 27th, 2012 at www.straight.com)


foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-05-03 14:26:51

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Analyzed: The October Trio / New Dream
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR10      -0.12 dB   -12.64 dB      6:20 01-1983
DR10      -0.11 dB   -12.97 dB      5:47 02-Wide
DR10      -0.13 dB   -13.36 dB      3:50 03-Do Your Thing
DR11      -0.12 dB   -13.47 dB      5:06 04-New Dream
DR13      -0.13 dB   -15.65 dB      6:16 05-The Park
DR9       -0.10 dB   -12.39 dB      4:08 06-Imagine It
DR10      -0.05 dB   -12.61 dB      4:48 07-Potential Bog
DR10      -0.13 dB   -13.96 dB      5:15 08-You've Been Flirting Again
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Number of tracks:  8
Official DR value: DR10

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