TRIO 3 + IRENE SCHWEIZER
Berne
Concert
TRIO 3 + IRENE
SCHWEIZER
REGGIE WORKMAN
ANDREW CYRILLE
OLIVER LAKE
BERNE CONCERT
Irène Schweizer: Piano
Reggie Workman: Bass
Andrew Cyrille: Drums
Oliver Lake: Alto Saxophone
1. Flow (Lake) 8 : 51
2. R. I. Exchange 1 (Schweizer, Workman) 4 : 54
3. Aubade (Cyrille) 12 : 05
4. Phrases (Schweizer, Lake) 5 : 36
5. Ballad of the Silf (Workman) 9 : 04
6. Timbral Interplay (Schweizer, Cyrille) 6 : 26
7. WSLC (Workman, Schweizer, Lake, Cyrille) 13 : 48
Total time 60:43
Oliver Lake, Talkin Stick Pub (SESAC). Reggie Workman, Sculptured Sounds Pub
(BMI). Andrew Cyrille, Major-AMusic
Pub (ASCAP). Irène Schweizer (SUISA). Recorded November 23, 2007 at
taktlos berne except “R. I. Exchange
1” recorded November 24, 2007, Unerhört! Rote Fabrik Zürich.
Recorded by Willy Strehler. Mixed by Willy
Strehler at Studio Klangdach, Guntershausen, Switzerland. Photo: Francesca
Pfeffer. Liner notes: Peter Kraut.
Cover art: Oliver Lake. Graphic design: Jonas Schoder. Produced by Intakt
Records, Patrik Landolt.
What
we get to hear on this album is a transatlantic encounter that casts
an up-to-date yet historical light on many relations and cross-links.
The African-American jazz community of New York has formed the drummer
Andrew Cyrille, the saxophonist Oliver Lake and the bassist Reggie Workman;
and they have rewarded this environment with important stimuli –
e.g. as peers of artists like John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp.
– As a pioneer of the European jazz piano, Irène Schweizer
is also part of this history. She has already worked with Andrew Cyrille
twenty years ago. It is wonderful to hear how relaxed they improvise
on this CD. Virtuosity is barely an issue – it is unpretentiously
presumed. So this is really about the balance of sound, energy and
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