Midnight Mood - live in Stockholm

Pianistyka Jazzowa
premiera polska: 2005-01-31
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: digipackowe etui
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multikulti.com:
David Friesen to jeden z wielkich wirtuozów jazzowego kontrabasu. Wystarczy spojrzeć na listę współpracujących z nim muzyków: Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Stan Getz, Michael Brecker, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Woody Shaw, Clark Terry, Freddy Hubbard, Herb Ellis, George Benson, John Scofield, Chick Corea, Mal Waldron.... Kilkukrotnie już występował w Polsce, w połowie lat 90-tych nagrał wspólnie z Leszkiem Możdżerem duetową płytę, poprzedzoną trasą koncertową. Płyta 'Midnight Mood' zawierająca standardy m.in. Johna Coltrane'a, Joe Zawinula, Irvinga Berlina, Johnny Mercera czy Michela Legranda przywodzi na myśl perły jazzowej pianistyki.
Editor's info:
"I have been privileged as a jazz artist to have had the opportunity to play with in concert or recordings, some of the great jazz masters such as Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Stan Getz, Michael Brecker, Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Woody Shaw, Clark Terry, Freddy Hubbard, Herb Ellis, George Benson, John Scofield, Chick Corea, Mal Waldron and many others. It has been my school and catalyst for creative motivations. From the earliest years when I first started playing jazz in 1958 at that time as a guitarist. I learned as best I could by listening, asking questions, studying and practicing for many hours each day to give myself the confidence and endurance physically and mentally to play the music...All but two selections were recorded at jazz Club Fasching in Stockholm, Sweden. The atmosphere was great, a fantastic Steinway 7' grand piano (in tune), a very sensitive recording engineer and last but definitely not least...a wonderful and very appreciative audience. I hope that our extended audience will also enjoy the recorded performance and find it worthwhile for repeated listening."

JazzTimes:
The jazz scene of the Pacific Northwest is somewhat insular, but it contains many strong players and is especially rich in piano trios. Bassist David Friesen's ensemble with pianist Randy Porter and drummer Alan Jones would be one of the most creative and cohesive piano trios in any city where they chose to live. They happen to have chosen Portland, Ore.

The Pacific Northwest jazz scene may be insular, but these guys still get around. Midnight Mood was recorded at Jazz Club Fasching in Stockholm, Sweden, on a 2002 European tour. It is perfectly defined by its title. The prevailing mood is that of midnight in a jazz club when everyone present has bonded, the players are free to follow the moment, and the audience has relaxed into trust.

The program is mostly standards-standards one is happy to hear again, like Joe Zawinul's title track and Michel Legrand's "A Time for Love" and J.J. Johnson's "Lament." Porter is a fluent, intuitive pianist, and Jones is a drummer who knows when to arc and when to recede. What the trio does with "Come Rain or Come Shine" is bold, commingling it with "Bye Bye Blackbird" and casting it far beyond its borders. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" flows quickly but quietly, Porter barely touching the keys of the theme. "Lament" is very slow and fervent.

But what gives this ensemble its identity is Friesen. Whether in the background, coloring and motivating or in the foreground with his deeply searching, poetic solos, Friesen gives this recording its emotional resonance and atmosphere of rapt creative concentration.
By Thomas Conrad

muzycy:
David Friesen (acoustic bass)
Randy Porter (piano)
Alan Jones (drums)

utwory:
1. Midnight Mood- Equinox
2. A Time For Love
3. How Deep Is The Ocean
4. Before And After
5. Come Rain Or Come Shine
6. East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon
7. Lament
8. Dark Sky

total time - 01:06:17
wydano: 2004
nagrano: March 13, 2002 & April 14, 2002
more info: www.intuition-music.com