muzycy:
Hal Galper: piano
Jeff Johnson: bass
John Bishop: drums
Editor's info:
In his fifth decade as a major jazz artist, Hal Galper continues the innovation that has made him one of the most surprising and satisfying pianists alive. His 21st century series of albums for Origin over the last 12 years incorporates the elasticity of rubato performing as a means of melding melodic lyricism with the visceral rhythmic excitement of bebop. This 8th recording in the series highlights the deep musical bond of his trio, with bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer John Bishop, and their uncanny ability to slip into "The Zone" - where self awareness is abandoned and the music is allowed to control the proceedings. Performed in the inviting environs of the Yardbird Suite in Edmonton, Canada, it was months later that the recording from the soundboard was reviewed. Asking "Who is this piano player?," Galper recognized the music was coming from a deeper than conscious place and that documenting the trio deeply in 'the zone,' and in the wild, was necessary. "...a moment of thrilling uncertainty, slightly airborne and stretched out in unusual shapes and motions, and (the moment extended) out for the length of a song, each and every time." - Wondering Sound.
Midwest Record (Chris Spector)
A geezer who could be forgiven for playing pretty as he thinks about checking out, label stalwart Galper is having none of that. Still a forward thinking piano man, he stands as one of the greats that could teach the young ‘uns a thing or two about turning out great jazz. The recording is so in the moment that when he listened to it a few month ...
Tom Hull: On the Web (Tom Hull)
Pianist, a good one, first side credit looks to be Chet Baker in 1964, 30+ albums since 1971, a few struck me as A-list, like his 2009 trio with Reggie Workman and Rashied Ali (Art-Work), and last year's album with Jerry Bergonzi (Cubist). This one, a trio with his label's resident rhythm section (Jeff Johnson and John Bishop), live fr....... more
Jazzowe uniwersum Hala Galpera, amerykañskiego pianisty (rocznik 1938) to wielopokoleniowa, oparta na zaufaniu i rado¶ci ze wspólnego muzykowania rodzina.
Znany bardziej ze wspó³pracy z Chetem Bakerem, Stanem Getzem, Joe'go Williamsa, Anity O'Day i Chris Connor, kilkuletni cz³onek s³ynnego Cannonball Adderley Quintet i sta³y cz³onek Phil Woods Quintet to równie¿ pe³nowymiarowy lider. Nigdy nie zazna³ s³awy gwiazd jazzu, z którymi wspó³pracowa³, jednak nie za bardzo siê tym przejmuje. Jego ostatnie p³yty, wydawane w barwach oficyny Origin Records z Seattle ukazuj± genialnego pianistê i wytrawnego lidera. Pamiêtam dawno temu lekturê p³yty "A New Conception" Sama Riversa (1966, Blue Note), na której Galper tak doskonale siê odnalaz³, wiedzia³em, ¿e mam o czynienia z zawodnikiem wagi ciê¿kiej!
Najnowsze koncertowe nagranie "THE ZONE: LIVE AT THE YARDBIRD SUITE" tylko potwierdza moj± opiniê. Cztery kompozycje basisty zespo³u - Jeffa Johnsona i po jednej Hala Galpera, John Carisiego i Calvina Cartera/Jamesa Hudsona uk³adaj± siê w przejrzyst±, pe³n± wigoru i jazzowej interakcji zajmuj±c± opowie¶æ, zaprawionych we wspólnym spontanicznym muzykowaniu jazzmanów. Hal Galper to ambasador rubato w ¶wiecie jazzowych pianistów. Rubato to precyzyjnie „chwiejno¶æ tempa”, wynikaj±ca nie z niemo¿liwo¶ci utrzymania rytmu, ale z celowego od niego odej¶cia. Podstaw± jest tutaj celowe wyd³u¿anie lub skracanie poszczególnych d¼wiêków podczas wykonywania kompozycji czy te¿ improwizacji. Wymaga jednak od zespo³u niezwyk³ego zgrania, wyczucia i czujno¶ci, by w tych niesygnalizowanych zwolnieniach i przyspieszeniach zwyczajnie siê nie pogubiæ. A trio Galpera - z basist± Jeffem Johnsonem i perkusist± Johnem Bishopem spe³nia te warunki znakomicie.
Mo¿na s³uchaæ tej p³yty jak zbioru "z³otych nut", "skrzydlatych fraz", których jest tutaj bez liku, mo¿na s³uchaæ jak dramaturgicznie przemy¶lanego jazzowego spektaklu, mo¿na w koñcu podziwiaæ szlachetn± prostotê jazzowe....... more