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Saxophonist Jan Garbarek, bassist Miroslav Vitous and drummer Peter Erskine have been making records for ECM for a long time, both as leaders and as sidemen. They know each other's styles well, they're familiar with ECM label head Manfred Eicher's echo-drenched production tendencies, and they know how to turn jazz formulas into hip, lyrical romanticism. On this leaderless trio album, as with most ECM releases, you get the feeling of music emerging from a vast and echoey space; Erskine's Morse-code drum accents, Vitous' thrumming basslines and the plaintive cry of Garbarek's soprano and alto saxophones are far removed from what some would consider "jazz," but that's not the point. The tunes may be somewhat interchangeable, but the music is virtuosic, thoughtful and thoroughly lovely, at times heart-tugging. Makes you wish these three would get together more often.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Erskine, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miroslav Vitous, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Jan Garbarek, Composer, Soprano Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Erskine, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miroslav Vitous, Composer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Jan Garbarek, Soprano Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Erskine, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miroslav Vitous, Composer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Jan Garbarek, Soprano Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Erskine, Composer, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miroslav Vitous, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Jan Garbarek, Soprano Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Erskine, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miroslav Vitous, Composer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Jan Garbarek, Soprano Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Erskine, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miroslav Vitous, Composer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Jan Garbarek, Soprano Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Erskine, Composer, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miroslav Vitous, Composer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Jan Garbarek, Composer, Soprano Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Erskine, Composer, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miroslav Vitous, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Jan Garbarek, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
Saxophonist Jan Garbarek, bassist Miroslav Vitous and drummer Peter Erskine have been making records for ECM for a long time, both as leaders and as sidemen. They know each other's styles well, they're familiar with ECM label head Manfred Eicher's echo-drenched production tendencies, and they know how to turn jazz formulas into hip, lyrical romanticism. On this leaderless trio album, as with most ECM releases, you get the feeling of music emerging from a vast and echoey space; Erskine's Morse-code drum accents, Vitous' thrumming basslines and the plaintive cry of Garbarek's soprano and alto saxophones are far removed from what some would consider "jazz," but that's not the point. The tunes may be somewhat interchangeable, but the music is virtuosic, thoughtful and thoroughly lovely, at times heart-tugging. Makes you wish these three would get together more often.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:22
- Main artists: Jan Garbarek Miroslav Vitous Peter Erskine
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ECM Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1991 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 1991 ECM Records GmbH
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