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- Date Released: December 31, 1984
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: Soul Note / CAM
An album for the ages
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We Say...
Anyone who knows Paul Motian's work in the landmark Bill Evans Trio of the early '60s should have no trouble imagining that the Philadelphia-born drummer — whose work with Evans and bassist Scott LaFaro radically re-imagined the trio format as a democracy of equals — would bring a similarly egalitarian sense to his own bands. Even more than in his efforts with Evans (and subsequently with Keith Jarrett), in his solo work Motian creates propulsion not through muscular drive and repetition, but through a delicate ebb and flow of density, applied with the most sensitive of touches.
While he had recorded under his own name since 1972, it was Motian's trio and quintet dates of the '80s, starting with The Story of Maryam, that he emerged as a truly compelling bandleader and composer. Four-fifths of the quintet — tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano, guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Ed Schuller — had come together on Motian's previous album, Psalm.
With the addition of a second tenor player, Jim Pepper, Motian struck a balance that suited his style ideally: Lovano extended the lineage of John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, while Pepper tapped into the free-jazz energy of players like Pharoah Sanders. The protean Frisell slips between foreground, background and atmosphere with chameleonic ease, and Schuller provides a steady anchor. Factor in two of Motian's most enduring charts ("The Owl of Cranston" and "Trieste"), and the result is an album for the ages.
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| 01. |  |
9 X 9 |
7:15 |
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| 02. | |
5 Miles To Wrentham |
4:59 |
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| 03. | |
Owl Of Cranston |
8:22 |
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| 04. | |
Trieste |
5:48 |
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| 05. | |
Look To The Black Wall |
6:47 |
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| 06. | |
Story Of Maryam |
5:50 |
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06 Total Tracks, 39:01 Total Length
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