Release Date: 25 November 2022
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0602448279316
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 25 November 2022
Label: ECM Records
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
Ralph Alessi; Joseph Alessi; Matt Mitchell; John Hebert; Ches Smith
Mick Goodrick; John Surman; Eddie Gomez; Jack DeJohnette
Vladimir Spivakov; Sergej Bezrodny; Alexander Malter; Dietmar Schwalke
Steve Swallow; Michael Rodriguez;Chris Cheek; Steve Cardenas; Gil Goldstein; Adam Nussbaum
Ensemble Modern Orchestra; Rob Rutman; Peter Eotvos
Joe Lovano; Julian Lage; Asante Santi Debriano; Will Calhoun
Tomasz Stanko; Tomasz Szukalski; Dave Holland; Edward Vesala
Bill Connors; Jan Garbarek; Gary Peacock; Jack DeJohnette
Mark Feldman