Release Date: 07 June 2010
Label: ESC Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 718750373328
Genres: Classical  
Release Date: 07 June 2010
Label: ESC Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 718750373328
Genres: Classical  
Description
With his own remarkably versatile quartet (guitarist Mike Abraham, bassist George Ban-Weiss, drummer Eric Garland), the Danish violinist takes that crossover penchant to extremes on The Playmaker, incorporating rock-fueled fare by Radiohead (“Just�) and Led Zeppelin (“Black Dog�) along with the playfully idiosyncratic jazz of Thelonious Monk (“Blue Monk�) and the earthy funk of former James Brown sideman Pee Wee Ellis (“The Chicken�). But the centerpiece of this ambitious outing, Tolling’s second as a leader, is the highly eclectic “Playmaker Suite,� which features special guests Russell Ferrante of the Yellow Jackets on piano, Stanley Clarke on bass and Stefon Harris on vibraphones. Tolling explains that the term ‘playmaker’ can apply to music as well as sports. “In sports, the playmaker’s role is to facilitate his teammates, and in music it’s kind of the same thing. It’s the guy who is trying to set his teammates up in terms of playing better solos and making it sound better as a band.�
Tracks: Just (Radiohead) / The Playmaker (For Tom Brady) / The Contemplator (For Zinedine Zidane) / The Risktaker / El Duderino / Starmaker Machinery (For John McLaughlin) / Loki in the Poke / I Skovens Dybe Stille Ro (For NHOP) / The Chicken (For Jaco Pastorius) / Blue Monk / Black Dog (Led Zeppelin)
Tracklisting
Tribal Tech
Joe Zawinul
Mathias Haus & Philipp Van Endert Duo
Bejamin Leuschner & Matthias Goebel
Hiram Bullock
Jim Beard
Gerald Gradwohl
Allen Hinds
Anastasia Yasko
Hans-Jurg Strub; Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen; Christian Erny
Sinfonieorchester Gottingen
Mona Hartmann
Ignace Michiels
Anna Reichert
Tomasz Skweres, Ensemble Reconsil, Osterreichisches Ensemble fur Neue Musik, Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej
Martyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers