Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian: When Will The Blues Leave

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premiera polska: 2019-05-24
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
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Rok 1999 to rok premiery doskonałego albumu "Not Two, Not One", jaki trio w składzie Paul Bley na fortepianem, Gary Peacock na kontrabasie i Paul Motian za perkusją nagrało dla monachijskiej ECM Records.
Trzech mistrzów, trzy wielkie osobowości świata jazzu zaniedbywali swoich fanów, każdy z nich rozwijał własne kariery, dlatego też nagrania tego trio są wielką rzadkością. Paul Bley zmarł w 2016 roku, fani jego talentu dostają zacny prezent "zza grobu". "When Will The Blues Leave" zarejestrowany został w tym samym okresie, co wspomniana "Not Two, Not One". Podczas trasy promującej płytę "Not Two, Not One" muzycy odwiedzili Lugano, gdzie w Aula Magna dali porywający koncert.
Program koncertu składał się z pięciu kompozycji Bley'a, jednej Peacocka i dwóch standardów - "When Will The Blues Leave" Ornette'a Colemana i "I Loves You, Porgy" Gershwina.
Żaden z zagranych tego wieczoru utworów nie dryfuje. Trzech mistrzów wnosi do świata jazzu dojrzałą perspektywę, pochodzącą z bogatej artystycznej drogi. Symbioza ulotnego liryzmu i swobodnej improwizacji dała tutaj wymierny efekt, rozliczne pomysły, rodzące się w czasie rzeczywistym są najlepszą kuchnią jazzu, a byli za to odpowiedzialni giganci!
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Had Paul Bley, Gary Peacock and Paul Motian recorded together more consistently, they would have been considered among the best piano trios in modern jazz history. The three first recorded on the ECM collection Paul Bley with Gary Peacock (1970), a compilation from the 1960s where three of the eight tracks had Billy Elgart on drums. It would be decades before the trio reunited in the studio, and again, ECM captured the session, Not Two, Not One (1998). When Will The Blues Leave, from that same period of time, was recorded live in 1999, at Lugano's Aula Magna in 1999 at the Great Hall of University of Lugano, Italy.

When Will The Blues Leave is the first posthumous release of new Bley material since his passing in 2016. The Canadian-born pianist/composer is considered by some to be one of the most important innovators in jazz music. His musical associations date to work in the 1950s with Ornette Coleman and Charles Mingus. He was a pioneer in the fusion of jazz and electronics, a tireless explorer of new music, technique, and an educator and mentor. There are none of the typical parameters with a rhythm section of Peacock and Motian, they were, by this time, highly regarded composers and leaders whose individual ideas were incorporated into any setting in which they worked. Peacock, most famous for the Keith Jarrett trio, has worked with many legendary pianists including Bill Evans, Mal Waldron, Marilyn Crispell and Marc Copland. Motian had worked in those same circles, at times, with Peacock.

The trio reaches back to the 1960s for the opener, "Mazatlan," which first appeared on Bley's Ramblin' (BYG, 1969). At more than eleven-minutes, it's a deep dive into Bley's early avant-garde phase. There are slower paced tunes such as "Flame" and "Told You So" from Bley's solo albums Tears (Owl, 1984) and Basics (Justin Time, 2001), and the Peacock/Bley composition "Dialogue Amour" from Not Two, Not One. The sophistication and creative skills of Peacock and Motian are on full display in these pieces as they establish interchanges, break off, and return with new ideas. Ornette Coleman's title track is an astoundingly knotty and energetic lead up to the closing tune, a beautifully quirky "I Loves You, Porgy."

It's difficult for piano trios to distinguish themselves in that most common of jazz formations, but When Will The Blues Leave could have been a defining moment for this unit. Their juxtaposition of lyricism and free improvisation within single pieces, and in real time, is challenging listening, but this elite group of artists have left us with a scrapbook of stunning ideas.
By KARL ACKERMANN

Editor's info:
In 1999, a year after recording the splendid reunion album Not Two, Not One, Paul Bley's highly innovative trio with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian took to the road with concerts on both sides of the Atlantic. When Will The Blues Leave documents a terrific performance at the Aula Magna di Trevano in Switzerland. Included here, alongside the angular freebop Ornette Coleman title track, are Paul Bley's Mazatlan, brimming over with energy, Gary Peacock's evergreen Moor, Gershwin s tender 'I Loves You Porgy" and much more... All played with the subtlety of master improvisers, recasting the music in every moment.

muzycy:
Paul Bley: piano
Gary Peacock: double bass
Paul Motian: drums

utwory:
1. Mazatlan (Live at Aula Magna STS, Lugano-Trevano / 1999)
2. Flame (Live at Aula Magna STS, Lugano-Trevano / 1999)
3. Told You So (Live at Aula Magna STS, Lugano-Trevano / 1999)
4. Moor (Live at Aula Magna STS, Lugano-Trevano / 1999)
5. Longer (Live at Aula Magna STS, Lugano-Trevano / 1999)
6. Dialogue Amour (Live at Aula Magna STS, Lugano-Trevano / 1999)
7. When Will The Blues Leave (Live at Aula Magna STS, Lugano-Trevano / 1999)
8. I Loves You Porgy (Live at Aula Magna STS, Lugano-Trevano / 1999)

wydano: 2019-05-24
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