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The unusual Theatre is nearly as much theater and performance art as it is jazz. The music is frequently dramatic, featuring the vocals of Sheila Jordan on two of the four works. "El Chancho" is a showcase for the bandoneon of Dino Saluzzi, while the 25-minute "The Holy Grail of Jazz and Joy" has portrayals of the Knights of the Round Table with short spots for many of the musicians in the all-star group. Slightly more conventional are "In the Tradition of Switzerland" (even if it has a spot for Seppo "Baron" Paakkunainen on a Finnish birch bark flute) and "No One Can Explain It" (though Jordan's vocal is otherworldly). There are solo spots along the way for avant-garde altoist and soprano saxophonist Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, trombonists Dave Bargeron, bass trombonist David Taylor, and trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg. However the music overall is for selective tastes and it never really seems to flow, making it of limited interest.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Mark Egan, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Johnson, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - David Taylor, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Priester, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Mariano, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - David Bargeron, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Varner, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Composer, Bandoneon, AssociatedPerformer - George Gruntz, Arranger, Keyboards, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Seppo "Paroni" Paakkunainen, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band '83, MainArtist - Bob Moses, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Pusey, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Wieland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Mark Egan, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Johnson, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - David Taylor, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Priester, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Mariano, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - David Bargeron, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Varner, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, AssociatedPerformer - George Gruntz, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Seppo "Paroni" Paakkunainen, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band '83, MainArtist - Bob Moses, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Pusey, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Wieland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Mark Egan, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Johnson, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - David Taylor, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Priester, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Mariano, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Amiri Baraka, Author - David Bargeron, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Varner, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, AssociatedPerformer - George Gruntz, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sheila Jordan, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Seppo "Paroni" Paakkunainen, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band '83, MainArtist - Bob Moses, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Pusey, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Wieland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Mark Egan, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Johnson, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - David Taylor, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Priester, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Mariano, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - David Bargeron, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Varner, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, AssociatedPerformer - George Gruntz, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sheila Jordan, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Seppo "Paroni" Paakkunainen, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band '83, MainArtist - Bob Moses, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Pusey, Flugelhorn, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Wieland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1984 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
The unusual Theatre is nearly as much theater and performance art as it is jazz. The music is frequently dramatic, featuring the vocals of Sheila Jordan on two of the four works. "El Chancho" is a showcase for the bandoneon of Dino Saluzzi, while the 25-minute "The Holy Grail of Jazz and Joy" has portrayals of the Knights of the Round Table with short spots for many of the musicians in the all-star group. Slightly more conventional are "In the Tradition of Switzerland" (even if it has a spot for Seppo "Baron" Paakkunainen on a Finnish birch bark flute) and "No One Can Explain It" (though Jordan's vocal is otherworldly). There are solo spots along the way for avant-garde altoist and soprano saxophonist Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, trombonists Dave Bargeron, bass trombonist David Taylor, and trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg. However the music overall is for selective tastes and it never really seems to flow, making it of limited interest.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 4 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:36
- Main artists: George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ECM Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1984 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 1984 ECM Records GmbH
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