Release Date: 25 November 2022
Label: ECM
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0602448279316
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 25 November 2022
Label: ECM
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0602448279316
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
2022 reissue of the Chicago-raised violinist 2006 ECM debut album as a leader, recorded at New York's Avatar Studios.
Strong material demonstrates Feldman's versatility, his ability to create an effective synthesis of 'jazz' and 'chamber music' in his playing. This combination of players, chosen by Feldman and producer Manfred Eicher, had never worked together as a quartet previously and the performances have the freshness of discovery. Bassist Anders Jormin, Swedish veteran of the bands and ECM recordings of Bobo Stenson, Tomasz Stanko and Charles Lloyd, and Californian drummer Tom Rainey, making his ECM debut, form a very powerful, driving rhythm team. English pianist John Taylor, in his first ECM appearance in four years, plays with resourcefulness and the expected astute choice of notes.
And Feldman really flies - touching on all options from Bach to swing to free improvising, sometimes in the space of a single solo. On 'What Exit' much of the emphasis is on interplay, and all four of the quartet members make significant contributions.
Tracklisting
Tomasz Stanko Quartet
Norma Winstone & Kit Downes
Oded Tzur
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland & Bill Frisell
Fred Hersch
John Taylor, Norma Winstone & Kenny Wheeler
Keith Jarrett & Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek Quartet
Mark Feldman