MICHAEL FORMANEK ELUSION QUARTET
AS THINGS DO
Intakt CD 399
Release Date: May 2023
MICHAEL FORMANEK ELUSION QUARTET
AS THINGS DO
cover front MICHAEL FORMANEK ELUSION QUARTET
AS THINGS DO
cover back

Michael Formanek: Double Bass
Kris Davis: Piano
Tony Malaby: Tenor and Soprano Saxophones
Ches Smith: Drums and Vibes

Painting and Drawing: Warren Linn
Design: Stephen Byram
Booklet design: Fiona Ryan
Liner notes: Alexander Hawkins
Photo: John Rogers

All compositions by Michael Formanek. Recorded December 9, 2022, by Jeremy Loucas at Big Orange Sheep, Brooklyn, NY. Mixed and Mastered in January 2023 by Paul Wickliffe at Skyline Underground, South Orange, NJ. Produced by Michael Formanek and Intakt Records. Published by Intakt Records. Intakt Records, P.O.Box, 8024 Zürich, Switzerland.

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REVIEWS

 

Infos EN

With his extensive artistic biography, Michael Formanek is one of the most outstanding figures in American jazz, as a composer, as a bassist in ensembles, and as a soloist. The fact that the bassist has been an integral part of the creative music scene for several decades speaks for his creativity and versatility. Now Michael Formanek presents the long-awaited second album with his groundbreaking Elusion Quartet, which brings together four highly acclaimed musicians from the New York jazz scene – pianist Kris Davis, saxophonist Tony Malaby and drummer Ches Smith. “As Things Do is yet another testament to Formanek’s encyclopedic conception.[...] Michael Formanek is that rare musician who, all the while retaining absolute integrity and focus, can let the music range where it will: in his own words, letting things go where they’re going to go, As Things Do” writes Alexander Hawkins in the liner notes.

 

Infos DE

Michael Formanek zählt mit seiner umfangreichen Biographie zu den herausragenden Persönlichkeiten des amerikanischen Jazz: als Komponist, als Bassist in Ensembles, als Bandleader und als Solist. Für die Vielseitigkeit des Bassisten spricht die Tatsache, dass er seit mehreren Jahrzehnten ein fester Bestandteil der kreativen Musikszene ist. Nun präsentiert Michael Formanek sein lang erwartetes zweites Album mit seinem wegweisenden Elusion Quartet, das vier höchst profilierte Musiker*innen aus der New Yorker Jazzszene versammelt: die Pianistin Kris Davis, den Saxofonisten Tony Malaby und den Schlagzeuger Ches Smith. „As Things Do ist ein weiteres Beispiel für Formaneks enzyklopädisches Konzept. [...] Michael Formanek ist der seltene Musiker, der bei absoluter Integrität und Konzentration die Musik dorthin gehen lassen kann, wohin sie will: in seinen eigenen Worten, die Dinge gehen lassen, wohin sie gehen werden, As Things Do“, schreibt Alexander Hawkins in den Liner Notes.

 
 


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