Description
Mid-price reissue of a 1993 album by the Jørgen Emborg Quintet, recorded as part of the prize he won at the 1992 Jazzpar Prize. It showcases the work of the Danish pianist/composer Emborg with a quintet including his specially invited guest, the American bass-guitarist Steve Swallow.
Emborg burst upon the scene in 1975 at the famous Dunkerque Jazz Festival, he had become a permanent member of the Danish Radio Big Band, alongside working with such varied visiting artists as Eddie Harris, Red Rodney and Dee Dee Bridgewater. Now described as probably the most important composer of contemporary Danish jazz, he created two significant albums incorporating vocalist Mona Larsen (Ships In The Night and Face The Music) and Moonsongs with Susanne Palbol in 2005.
Steve Swallow only took up the bass at the age of 18 after studying piano and trumpet, he soon joined Paul Bley and, with Bley, the free-jazz edition of the Jimmy Giuffre trio; at the other end of the stylistic spectrum, he played later in the 1960s for Art Farmer, Gary Burton and, with Burton, the Stan Getz quartet. An early champion of the writing of Carla Bley, he became her sideman (and eventually her partner) while also developing his own skills as a composer; later, he also became a successful freelance producer, working on albums by John Scofield, for instance.
