Release Date: 07 April 2017
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Gate Fold
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 602547808868
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 07 April 2017
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Gate Fold
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 602547808868
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
• Jazz Hot Record of the Year 1972
• Stereo Review Jazz Album of the Year
Part of ECM's vinyl re-issue programme on 180g vinyl of notable albums, Circle's Paris Concert – a 2-LP set – is made available with a free download.
Circle was a band on fire with creativity. Chick Corea and Dave Holland had just left Miles Davis's band, keen to explore all parameters of new music in an improvised context. Anthony Braxton, equally inspired by Stockhausen and Coltrane, brought in new directions from the AACM. Barry Altschul's resumé included extensive work with Paul Bley. Together they were, for a while, matchless. Corea called the Paris Concert (recorded 1971) the realization of a dream. Melody Maker: "Paris Concert is evidence that here was one of the most excitingly talented bands of recent years, for these 94 minutes of music simply burst with vigorous invention."
Personnel: Anthony Braxton (reeds, percussion), Chick Corea (piano), Dave Holland (double-bass, cello), Barry Altschul (drums).
Tracklisting
Zehetmair Quartett
Meredith Monk; Ellen Fisher; Katie Geissinger; Joanna Lynn-Jacobs; Allison Sniffin; John Hollenbeck
Sokratis Sinopoulos; Yann Keerim
Steve Tibbetts; Marc Anderson; J.T. Bates
Tord Gustavsen; Harald Johnsen; Jarle Vespestad
Wolfgang Muthspiel; Scott Colley; Brian Blade
Maxim Rysanov; Dasol Kim; Roman Mints; Kristina Blaumane; BBC Concert Orchestra; Dobrinka Tabakova
John Taylor; Marc Johnson; Joey Baron
Lafayette Harris Jr.
Brandon Sanders
Joe Locke & Phil Markowitz
Ensemble Fur Neue Musik Zurich
Rebecca Trescher
Lennart Ginman, Thomas Blachman & Carsten Dahl
Doug Raney Quartet
Nigel Price Organ Trio