Simon Nabatov Quintet: Master and Margarita [2CD]

Avant Jazz / Contemporary Jazz
premiera polska: 2001-10-01
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
opis:
Hi Fi; 10/2002 - muzyka * * * * *, dźwięk * * * *; Down Beat * * * * 1/2. Jedna z jazzowych płyt roku 2002 według Audio i Audio Video. :
Po niezwykłym sukcesie "Nature Morte" ( LR310), Simon Nabatov proponuje podwójny album oparty na powieści wielkiego rosyjskiego pisarza Michala Bulchakowa "Mistrz i Małgorzata". Kwintet Nabatova składa się z plejady nowojorskiej sceny down-town: Mark Feldman (violin); Herb Robertson (trumpet); Mark Helias (bass); Tom Rainey (drums). Książka zapewniła Nabatovowi wiele poważnych paralel, wzorów, konstrukcji scen i dramaturgii nastrojów, pełni uczuć oraz emocji sięgających od swingujących rytmów do cooljazzowej faktury opartej na improwizacji.

All MUsic Guide:
The Master and Margarita is a long suite (two discs) inspired by Mikhail Bulgakov's classic novel of the same name. (It's not the first time pianist Simon Nabatov has tangled with Russian literary figures -- compare 2001's Nature Morte, his encounter with Joseph Brodsky.) For this imaginatively "out" project, Nabatov recruits the finest of players: violinist Mark Feldman, trumpeter Herb Robertson, and longtime rhythm section colleagues Mark Helias (bass) and Tom Rainey (drums). This lean, supple unit moves effortlessly between freely improvised and precisely notated passages; out-of-tempo storms of sound and tight, dancing grooves; sedate, elegant moods; wails of torment and confusion; and even playfulness on occasion. Each track is an epic of its own, often encompassing all these contrasts and more. To help orient listeners, Nabatov, in the liner notes, provides his own track-by-track plot summary. This is avant-garde jazz's answer to classical "programme" music, a particularly strong and ambitious entry in a growing genre. - [David R. Adler]

muzycy:
Mark Feldman: violin; Herb Robertson: trumpet; Mark Helias: bass; Tom Rainey: drums; Simon Nabatov: piano
utwory:
1. Don't Talk to Strangers 13:22
2. Some Restaurant 12:03
3. As Diagnosed... 9:00
4. One of Four 17:26
5. The Master 12:14
6. The Show 10:00
7. The Last Days 12:43
8. Margarita 8:42
9. Big Decision 11:15
10. Ball-Back Hom 12:17

wydano: 2001
nagrano: 2001
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