The Angelica Sanchez Nonet
Nighttime Creatures
2023 - Pyroclastic Records: PR 30
https://www.pyroclasticrecords.com/release/nighttime-creatures/
https://angelicasanchezpyroclastic.bandcamp.com/album/nighttime-creatures

* Angelica Sanchez: piano
* Michaël Attias  : alto saxophone
* Chris Speed     : tenor saxophone, clarinet
* Ben Goldberg    : contra-alto clarinet
* Thomas Heberer  : quarter-tone trumpet
* Kenny Warren    : cornet
* Omar Tamez      : guitar
* John Hébert     : bass
* Sam Ospovat     : drums

https://www.angelicasanchez.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_Sanchez_(musician)
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-angelica-sanchez-nonet-mn0004495693

Recorded by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio,
Mount Vernon, New York, USA, on August 21–22, 2021.

Reviews
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By George W. Harris
https://www.jazzweekly.com/2023/11/the-angelica-sanchez-nonet-nightime-creatures/

Pianist and composer Angelica Sanchez puts together a team of Michael
Attias/sax, Ben Goldberg/cl, John Hebert/b, Thomas Heberer/tp, Sam Ospovat/dr,
Chris Speed/ts, Omar Tamez/g and Kenny Warren/tp for a mix of originals and a
couple covers. The sound and approach feels like a loose fitting Mingus
conglomeration, with thick horns veering in many directions as on “Nighttime
Creatures or the gurgling Ringleader”. Speed’s tenor is soft on a dream “Cloud
House” while trumpets gasp on an emphesymic “Tristeza”. Sanchez is a beauty for
a rich read of Ellington’s “Lady of the Lavender Mist” and is askance around
the hovering horns of “Astra Light of Alarid”. The solos run the gamut from
sensitive and soft to fractured and fragmented, with the tunes sometimes
hanging together by a piano string. Intuitive intonations.

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By Filipe Freitas
https://jazztrail.net/blog/angelica-sanchez-nonet-nighttime-creatures-album-review

By Chris Baber
https://jazzviews.net/the-angelica-sanchez-nonet-nighttime-creatures/

By Jim Hynes
https://www.makingascene.org/the-angelica-sanchez-nonet-nighttime-creatures/

Jan Granlie (dk)
https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/angelica-sanchez-nonet/

Michael Haifl (de)
https://www.saitenkult.de/2024/01/18/the-angelica-sanchez-nonet-nighttime-creatures/

Da  Angelo Leonardi (it)
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/nighttime-creatures-the-angelica-sanchez-nonet-pyroclastic-records

Da Alessandro Tacconi (it)
https://offtopicmagazine.net/2023/12/03/the-angelica-sanchez-nonet-nighttime-creatures/

Par Nicolas Dourlhès (fr)
https://www.citizenjazz.com/The-Angelica-Sanchez-Nonet.html