George Russell: Ezz-Thetics & The Stratus Seekers Revisited

Avant Jazz / Free Improvisation / Avant-Garde
premiera polska: 2023-11-25
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Triplefoldowe etui
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Editor's info:
On Ezz-thetics: Eric Dolphy alto saxophone, bass clarinet, Don Ellis trumpet, David Baker trombone, George Russell piano, Steve Swallow double bass & Joe Hunt drums. On The Stratus Seekers: Paul Plummer tenor saxophone , John Peirce alto saxophone, Don Ellis trumpet, David Baker trombone, George Russell piano, Steve Swallow double bass & Joe Hunt drums. The six albums that George Russell recorded in just two years – starting with Sextet at the Five Spot in September 1960 and concluding with The Outer View in August 1962 – are pathbreaking documents that elaborated a radically restructured bridge between the Birth of the Cool and the outermost reaches of the mid-‘60s avant-garde, and set fascinating precedents for subsequent composers who sought to redesign the formal parameters of jazz composition, from Andrew Hill to Henry Threadgill. Of these six, Ezz-thetics and The Stratus Seekers are the most cohesive, most adventurous, and most rewarding.
by Art Lange

muzycy:
EZZ-THETICS:
Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet)
Don Ellis (trumpet)
David Baker (trombone)
George Russell (piano)
Steve Swallow (double bass)
Joe Hunt (drums)
Recorded May 8, 1961 N.Y.C.

THE STRATUS SEEKERS:
Paul Plummer (tenor saxophone)
John Peirce (alto saxophone)
Don Ellis (trumpet)
David Baker (trombone)
George Russell (piano)
Steve Swallow (double bass)
Joe Hunt (drums)
Recorded January 31, 1962 N.Y.C.

utwory:
1. Ezz-thetics 8:59
2. Nardis 4:41
3. Lydiot 8:08
4. Thoughts 5:35
5. Honesty 9:03
6. Round Midnight 6:36
7. Pan-Daddy 5:01
8. The Status Seekers 6:42
9. Kige's Tune 5:51
10. Blues In Orbit 7:26
11. A Lonely Place 7:23
12. Stereophrenic 4:33

wydano: Nov 22, 2022
nagrano: Recorded May 8th, 1962 (1-6), and January 31st (7-12) 1962, in New York, New York