When pianist Paul Bley, saxophonist Evan Parker, and bassist Barre
Phillips were first called together for a session by ECM in 1994, the
results were startling to most critics who felt that Parker and Bley
were two such dominating personalities that it would be difficult to put
them together in such an intimate setting. They weren't counting on the
fact that Phillips had worked with both men many times, and despite his
own tendencies for the free-flying climes shared by Parker, he
possessed an inherent lyricism that when called upon would flow from its
source. Indeed, on that date, while Parker and Phillips edged Bley out
on ledges he'd not looked over often in the past, he drew them toward
the spiritual, intimate center of a lyricism neither had even imagined,
let alone explored. All things balanced so well that the trio has become
a semi-regular touring band ever since. This date is part of a live
concert recorded in the Sankt Gerold Monastery in the Austrian
mountains. In addition to deft, insightful, and breathtaking group
improvisation, several solo interludes hold as much sway and magic as
what the trio accomplish together. The first of the two "Variations" are
group pieces. Bley introduces -- perhaps because of the locale -- his
interest and depth of knowledge in serial music during the improvisation
with Parker playing a modal counterpoint. The mood is relaxed, but the
music flows quickly and freely. Melodic ideas and rumbles are put forth
by Bley and transmuted into something wholly other by Parker with
Phillips acting as a bridge for this seemingly uneasy yet effortless
alliance. Deep listening combined with restraint are the keys to this
music -- making this band accomplishs. Their combined knowledge of modal
and free practice along with Bley's penchant for dynamic and dramatic
interplay provide for a foundation of graceful and forceful surprise and
challenging listening -- for the musicians, not the audience members.
Tonalities are exchanged at a relaxed pace though they turn on a dime
and become microtones just as quickly. In the solo pieces, Phillips is
first with a gorgeous arco-solo that expresses an interest in
improvisation by sustained interval. Parker has three such
opportunities, the first of which occurs on "Variation Four," and is a
short but explosive microtone study on B flat where skeins of notes are
whisked through the horn via circular breathing. Bley's solos are
variations on bebop via the Second Viennese school and an open study of
closed space with augmented ninths and even twelfths as the spare
counterparts to triads in the upper register. But these solo interludes
are merely breathing spaces for the constancy of the trio's
meta-linguistic interaction. What is so interesting in the manner in
which these play together is how they make music about making music.
Each player points in the direction of the others with one idea that he
knows will open the berth for that idea to be deconstructed musically
and from it emerge a new architecture of tone, sound, texture, and
color. By concert's end, all one is left with is the desire to hear the
show as it happened, as one Sankt Gerold, without variation or
interruption. Next to that, this cannot be improved upon. This
performance is a watermark in the careers of all three participants and
an essential document for the fans of any single member as well as the
evolution of the improvising jazz trio. -> This comment is posted on Allmusic by Thom Jurek, follower of our blog 'O Púbis da Rosa' <-
Tracklist :
Variation 1 10:18
Phillips, Parker, Bley
Variation 2 7:12
Phillips, Parker, Bley
Variation 3 2:56
Phillips
Variation 4 1:59
Parker
Variation 5 6:20
Phillips, Parker, Bley
Variation 6 3:56
Bley
Variation 7 7:13
Phillips
Variation 8 8:14
Phillips, Parker, Bley
Variation 9 7:03
Bley
Variation 10 5:22
Parker
Variation 11 4:49
Phillips, Parker, Bley
Variation 12 1:29
Parker
Credits :
Double Bass – Barre Phillips
Piano – Paul Bley
Producer – Manfred Eicher, Steve Lake
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Evan Parker
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