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| | Dresden: In Concert | | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | ECM Records | | Release Date : | | 2009-09-22 | | Discs : | | 2 | | Store Price : | | $29.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $26.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Paper Nut
2. The Tall Tear Trees
3. Heitor
4. Twelve Moons
5. Rondo Amoroso
6. Tao
7. Milagre Dos Peixes
Disc 21. There Were Swallows
2. The Reluctant Saxophonist
3. Transformations 4. Once I Dreamt A Tree Upside Down
4. Fugl
5. Maracuja
6. Grooving Out!
7. Nu Bein
8. Voy Cantando
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Driving Music
Submitted on: 2009-11-14 |
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| Listening to a cut from this album over the radio I was struck by how useful it would be to keep a driver bright eyed on a long road trip. It turns out the whole album is great. Now I worry I'll forget to take out of the changer in the house and put it in the car for that next trip. |
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Garbarek's Best
Submitted on: 2009-11-05 |
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| I've never been a fan of soprano sax and so consequently, not a big fan of Garbarek. Although he occasionally plays tenor much of his work has been in the higher register of the soprano making for flutish pitch. Of course Garbarek has been ECM's biggest seller, even more so than Keith Jarrett, so he doesn't need the endorsement. Dresden, his first legitimate live recording, is an outstanding effort and Garbarek has never sounded better. Since I purchased the MP3 version I can't tell if he is palying more tenor here or just playing in a lower than usual register. His band, with the exception of Bruninghaus on piano, is new and the sound is fresh; the arrangments almost with a Carla Bley feel to them, create a tension in the music that is missing from many of the almost ambient sounding ECM releases of the past. I have a bootleg recording of Garbarek live in Chiasso from a few years back and it's more interesting than most of his studio work as well. Perhaps "live" is the best venue for Garbarek. Dresden is not only the best Garbarek recording - it may be one of the top 3 jazz releases in 2009. |
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Outstanding!
Submitted on: 2009-10-18 |
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For such an "immediate" & often spontaneous art form, it's interesting that there aren't a lot of live jazz albums being produced these days. However, over the past twelve months we have been blessed with two of the best, viz Chick Corea/John McLaughlin's "Five Peace Band Live" & "Dresden" by the Jan Garbarek Group.
I have to tell you, as a Garbarek fan, you've got to be really patient these days as it's been over 5 years since his last album ("In Praise of Dreams") which itself was over 5 years after "Rites". I also have to admit to some trepidation when I heard he was putting out a live album as I had only ever seen him in concert once & been particularly underwhelmed (although my elevated expectations & the Programme, a Norwegian song cycle, may have had a fair bit to do with that).
Well, IMHO this is one of, if not THE album of the year with outstanding musicianship happily met with a pristine, sharp & clear recording, an excellent choice of material (interesting that there are no less than three selections from his rather austere classic "Twelve Moons" album yet none from "Rites" which is, after all, an excellent double CD) and multi-layered, multi-coloured performances (the extremes of light & shade in each piece is absolutely breathtaking). The two hour Programme is not all Garbarek either - there is for example a superb 13 minute workout of Milton Nascimento's "Milagre dos Peixas".
Garbarek himself is in superlative form (vibrantly coaxing or caressing his instrument(s) in equal measure), Katche adds delightful colours &/or drive as appropriate, Bruninghaus is as always supportive & creative (his solo piece "Transformations" is excellent) & "newcomer" Yuri Daniel on bass (in the absence of the currently ailing Eberhard Weber) fits in perfectly.
There are WAY too many highlights to nominate individually but suffice to say the above-mentioned "Milagre" & the three pieces from Twelve Moons (The Tall Tear Trees, There Were Swallows & the title track) are right up there with the best. Truth to tell I love every track (although maybe drum/percussion solos, no matter how technically brilliant, are best left on the Concert stage!).
Seriously, 10 stars if I could so do yourself a favour a grab a copy today! |
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