Consort In Motion: A Mirror To Machaut + Bonus Samuel Blaser sampler-CD (2013)

"The Swiss trombone player's Consort In Motion projects are fusion jazz of an entirely different kind: instead of melding jazz with rock or some other sort of modern form, Blaser ventures way back, to mine the melodies conceived then to come up with something that looks way forward. "A Mirror to Machaut" focuses on the works of French composers Guillaume Machaut and Guillaume Dufay, from the 14th and 15th centuries. Some of the pieces were adapted to progressive jazz by modifying them beyond recognition, while other selections lent themselves better for straighter adaptations. The album isnt really about a single strategy, but uses vastly different tactics in achieving the goal of recycling melodies more than half a millennium old as the basis for late 20th century modern jazz. But you dont have to understand late Middle Ages European music to appreciate it. If it all comes off as advanced, cutting-edge jazz to you, that would probably suit Mr. Blaser just fine." (S. Victor Aaron, Something Else! Reviews)