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| Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. II [ ÉLŐ ] |
| Paul Motian |
első megjelenés éve: 2008
55 perc |
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| (2008)
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| 4.331 Ft
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| 1. | Till we meet again
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| 2. | Sunflower
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| 3. | The third walk
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| 4. | Ten
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| 5. | The divider
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| 6. | If you could see me now
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| 7. | Fiasco
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Jazz
Trio 2000 + Two
Paul Motian [drums]
Chris Potter [tenor saxophone]
Larry Grenadier [bass]
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Greg Osby [alto saxophone]
Mat Maneri [viola]
Masabumi Kikuchi [piano]
* Adrian VonRipka - Engineer
* Ed Wedberg - Piano Tuner
* Lori Lorenzen - Mastering, Mixing
* Mariko Takahashi - Executive Producer
* Robert "RX Lord" Lewis - Photography
* Stefan F. Winter - Executive Producer, Producer
The American-Turkish-Armenian drummer Paul Motian, born 1931 in Philadelphia, is one of the most fascinating jazz artists today. Motian who was a member of the legendary Bill Evans Trio played also with Paul Bley and Keith Jarrett and he can look back on experiences with Lennie Tristano, Tony Scott and Coleman Hawkins. He even appeared with Billie Holiday and Thelonious Monk in his youth and performed with Arlo Guthrie at the legendary Woodstock Festival. From the late 1970s, Motian has mainly formed his own groups, ranging from the excitement of the Paul Motian Trio (without a bassist) featuring guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist Joe Lovano to the Electric Bebop Band (with two electric guitar players) and the Trio 2000 + One with Chris Potter on sax and Larry Grenadier on bass plus one of Motian's favorite musicians, Masabumi Kikuchi on piano. Since his youth Paul Motian is performing regularly at the Village Vanguard. And in the last couple of years the Village Vanguard is one of the very few places on earth where it is possible to experience Motian's music live in concert because for the sake of his health he is not any more allowed to go on tour.
Motian's music is special, space and sound are most important. The pauses in his music, in between two piano chords, or after a saxophone melody or before the sound of his drums are the most intense moments in music. Pauses are silence but full of tension especially when Paul Motian plays. The explosiveness of space and silence can only be heard or felt when the sound of music reaches another level. "Everything comes from the sound. It is the sound of my drums. It is the sound of whatever I'm hearing. (...) I am getting my ideas from the other people I am playing with. I am getting my ideas from the sound. That is really the most important thing." Drummer Paul Motian, the saxophonists Greg Osby and Chris Potter, the viola player Mat Maneri, Larry Grenadier on bass and the pianist Masabumi Kikuchi perform together live at the Village Vanguard. Paul Motian grants freedom and trust to each player and the players communicate with each other with such creativity and deep honesty creating the most beautiful sound of jazz today. Motian listens to the music of the players who are performing with him, his music is not precast, his music rises when he hears the sound. Motian's performances are a momentum of a force. Winter & Winter recorded Paul Motian live at the Village Vanguard to capture this unique momentum of sound.
"Live at the Village Vanguard, Volume II" presents original compositions by Paul Motian besides the opening track "Till we meet again" by Richard A. Whiting and "If you could see me now" by Tadd Dameron. Motian has a magical presence which gives to the musicians the extraordinary ability to find a place for their free artistic development. Motian offers to the musicians a chance to express themselves without any restriction. And the musicians take that chance and reach a new horizon and create a wonderful listening experience.
Trio 2000 are Paul Motian, Chris Potter and Larry Grenadier. The Japanese piano player Masabumi Kikuchi and Paul Motian perform together since many years, both artists also lead with Gary Peacock the cooperative group "Tethered Moon". Larry Grenadier on bass is the congenial musical partner in this rhythm section, Grenadier recorded already with Motian and Kikuchi the wonderful album "Paul Motian on Broadway, Volume IV" featuring saxophonist Chris Potter. Greg Osby (a member of the M-Base group) on alto in change with the viola player Mat Maneri complete this group. Motian sets up a careful selected line-up of outstanding jazz artists to play at the Village Vanguard. This album is a wonderful oeuvre of Motian's music, a great example of one of todays most original jazz groups playing with sound, space and silence.
--- Stefan Winter
Paul Motian will always be known for his work in the legendary edition of the Bill Evans Trio, though he has long since established himself as a bandleader who has recorded prolifically on his own. This second volume from December 2006 sessions at the Village Vanguard feature the same band heard on the first volume: pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, bassist Larry Grenadier, plus saxophonists Greg Osby and Chris Potter. Once more Tadd Dameron's "If You Could See Me Now" is featured, though this offbeat arrangement is a bit dark and much shorter, adding guest Matt Maieri on viola. The once popular standard "Till We Meet Again" is revamped into something quite different from its original conception, featuring both saxophonists overlapping each other under a slightly off-center rhythm section. The remaining selections are all by the drummer, moving more into avant-garde territory. "Ten" is a particularly challenging piece for the players, with a jagged rhythm and a demanding theme. "Fiasco" has an intense, dissonant theme, though Kikuchi's noisy vocals prove just as irritating as Keith Jarrett's self-indulgent cries, adding little to the performance. Motian, as usual, is not one to spotlight himself. The Vanguard audience devours this powerful music, restraining themselves until each number is complete.
---Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Paul Motian
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Mar 25, 1931 in Philadelphia, PA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Avant-Garde, Post-Bop, Musical Theater, Avant-Garde Jazz
A masterfully subtle drummer and a superb colorist, Paul Motian is also an advanced improviser and a bandleader with a taste for challenging post-bop. Born Stephen Paul Motian in Philadelphia on March 25, 1931, he grew up in Providence and began playing the drums at age 12, eventually touring New England in a swing band. He moved to New York in 1955 and played with numerous musicians -- including Thelonious Monk, Lennie Tristano, Coleman Hawkins, Tony Scott, and George Russell -- before settling into a regular role as part of Bill Evans' most famous trio (with bassist Scott LaFaro), appearing on his classics Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby.
In 1963, Motian left Evans' group to join up with Paul Bley for a year or so, and began a long association with Keith Jarrett in 1966, appearing with the pianist's American-based quartet through 1977. In addition, Motian freelanced for artists like Mose Allison, Charles Lloyd, Carla Bley, and Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Ensemble, and turned down the chance to be John Coltrane's second drummer.
In 1972, Motian recorded his first session as a leader, Conception Vessel, for ECM; he followed in 1974 with Tribute. He formed a regular working group in 1977 (which featured tenor Joe Lovano) and recorded several more dates for ECM, then revamped the ensemble to include guitarist Bill Frisell in 1980. Additional dates for ECM and Soul Note followed, and in 1988 Motian moved to JMT, where he recorded a long string of fine albums beginning with Monk in Motian. During the '90s, he also led an ensemble called the Electric Bebop Band, which featured Joshua Redman. In 1998, Motian signed on with the Winter & Winter label, where he began recording another steady stream of albums, including 2000 + One in 1999, Europe in 2001, and Holiday for Strings in 2002. In 2005 Motian moved to the ECM label, releasing I Have the Room Above Her that same year, followed by Garden of Eden in 2006 and Time and Time Again in 2007.
---Steve Huey, All Music Guide |
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