Further Secret Origins

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Personnel: Katherine Young (bassoon). Audio Mixers: Keith Parker; Katherine Young . Editor: Katherine Young . Photographer: Andrew Raffo Dewar. Brooklyn-based bassoonist Katherine Young, already a formidable presence in numerous contemporary chamber music, pop, and creative jazz outfits (most notably Anthony Braxton's Falling River Quartet), explores the full breadth of her instrument, unaccompanied, on her debut solo album, FURTHER SECRET ORIGINS. Far from the prim, chamber recital connotations ordinarily associated with solo bassoon music, Ms. Young exploits the double-reed instrument's noisier, more blustery contours--from harsh, sputtering overtones to threatening, low register drones to jagged multiphonics--teasing out all manner of unusual timbres whose sonic origins, more often than not, cannot reliably be traced to even the woodwind family. True, if extrapolation on extended technique was the sole thematic concern of FURTHER SECRET ORIGINS, it would be somewhat crippled as a complete listening experience; thankfully, Young constructs a measured, satisfying arc over the album's 40-plus-minutes, steering clear of self-indulgence and making for an engaging listen throughout. From the breathy, drawn-out squeals of "Terra Incognita" to the droning suspense and wacky sound-effect punch-line of "Patricia Highsmith" to the nearly liturgical feel of the multitracked chorale on "Some People Say That She Doesn't Exist," Young's mastery of her instrument, and ability to confound simple expectations of its limitations, marks FURTHER SECRET ORIGINS as a bold contemporary adventure in solo instrumental music.