Release Date: 29 July 2016
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602547743152
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 29 July 2016
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602547743152
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Norwegian bassist Mats Eilertsen has been a strong and supportive presence on a dozen ECM sessions to date. With Rubicon he steps forward to present his own music, with an international cast.
The album features compositions originally written in response to a commission from the Vossajazz Festival. All About Jazz reviewed the premiere performance: "Rubicon proved to be a very dynamic work. Eilertsen ensured that each of the instrumentalists took their share of the spotlight, brought together combinations of players that emphasized tonal variation, and created ensemble sections bursting with life."
After fine-tuning the material on tour, Mats brought his septet to Oslo's Rainbow Studio, where Manfred Eicher produced this definitive version of Rubicon in May 2015.
Personnel: Trygve Seim (tenor & soprano saxophones), Eirik Hegdal (soprano, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet), Thomas Dahl (guitar), Rob Waring (marimba, vibraphone), Harmen Fraanje (piano, Fender Rhodes), Mats Eilertsen (double bass), Olavi Louhivuori (drums)
Tracklisting
Julia Hulsmann Octet
Heinz Holliger; Marie-Lise Schupbach
Gary Peacock; Ralph Towner
Craig Taborn; Tomeka Reid; Ches Smith
Bjorn Meyer
Hakon Aase; Leo Svensson Sander; Ayumi Tanaka; Ole Morten Vagan; Thomas Stronen
Zakir Hussain; Hariprasad Chaurasia; John McLaughlin; Jan Garbarek
Keith Jarrett
Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France; Peter Eötvös
Quinsin Nachoff
Stefano Boggiani
Johan Tobias Bergstrom
Troen/Arnesen Quartet
S-E-A
Roy Powell
Oskar Lindberget Quintet