Ancient Infinity Orchestra is a 16-member jazz ensemble led by double-bassist and composer Ozzy Moysey, based in the bustling creative city of Leeds in the North of England – home to one of the most innovative and community-based jazz scenes in the UK.
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Review from AllMusic (by Thom Jurek):
"Heritage is a wonderful set, and should be revisited by anyone who either missed or was put off by it initially. For the new generation of jazz and funk heads, this one is right up your alley — these are some dark, freaky, and delicious grooves that bear further investigation."
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En un principio confundí a Harold Vance con Harold Land. Ya con el primer tema supe que algo no encajaba, no era una grabación ni estilo de jazz de 1955, pero qué era? Tampoco la estética de la portada, las ropas no coincidían con 1955, así pues que investigando resultó ser un proyecto con participación humana e inteligencia artificial, de Red Note Records que se define como un canal que presenta grabaciones de jazz conceptual desarrolladas mediante una dirección artística humana, en las que la inteligencia artificial se emplea como herramienta analítica y estructural. www.youtube.com/@RedNoteJazz
Pue en mi opinión ha fallado la inteligencia humana, el estilo es mas bien contemporáneo, similar a New York Jazz Trío, si el enfoque hubiera sido ese, en vez de ubicarlo en 1955, con una portada de una foto aérea actual de Nueva York, estaría muy cerca del concepto que se pretende.
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At first, I mistook Harold Vance for Harold Land. From the very first track, I knew something didn’t quite fit—it wasn’t a recording or a style of jazz typical of 1955—but what was it? The cover aesthetic didn’t match 1955 either; the clothing was all wrong for that era. Upon further investigation, I discovered it was a project involving both human input and artificial intelligence, produced by Red Note Records—a label that describes itself as a platform for "conceptual jazz" recordings developed under human artistic direction, where artificial intelligence is used as an analytical and structural tool. www.youtube.com/@RedNoteJazz
In my opinion, the human element fell short here. The style is actually quite contemporary—reminiscent of the New York Jazz Trio. If the project had embraced that contemporary approach instead of trying to frame it within 1955—complete with a cover featuring a modern-day aerial photograph of New York—it would have come much closer to achieving its intended concept.
