BOB BROOKMEYER — Electricity (1994) Serie : The World Greatest Jazz Orchestras – VI | APE (image+.cue), lossless

Listeners expecting the music on this CD to be similar to Bob Brookmeyer's jazz records of the 1950s will be surprised. The emphasis here is not on Brookmeyer's valve trombone playing (which is barely heard other than on "No Song" and "The Crystal Palace") but on his very adventurous writing for an electronic group (with guitarist John Abercrombie and two keyboard players) and the horns of the WDR Big Band. The six originals are essentially mood music, setting up atmospheres that develop slowly and are occasionally explosive, particularly when Abercrombie stretches out. This well played and creative music is easier to respect than to love. Scott Yanow

The six-part suite spans from impressionistic motifs to twelve-tone technique. ACT
Tracklist :
1    Farewell, New York    16:46
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2    Ugly Music    10:33
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3    White Blues    11:41
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4    Say Ah    7:17
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5    No Song    13:13
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6    The Crystal Palace    10:19
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Credits :
Bass – Dieter Ilg
Drums – Danny Gottlieb
Guitar – John Abercrombie
Illustration [Original] – Michelangelo Buonarroti
Keyboards – Frank Chastenier, Rainer Brüninghaus
Orchestra – WDR Big Band Köln
Saxophone – Heiner Wiberny, Olivier Peters, Paul Peucker, Rolf Römer
Trombone – Bernt Laukamp, Dave Horler, Roy Deuvall
Trumpet – Andy Haderer, Klaus Osterloh, Rick Kiefer
Valve Trombone, Liner Notes, Mixed By [Remixed] – Bob Brookmeyer