TRIO 3 + GERI ALLEN

AT THIS TIME

 

TRIO 3
ANDREW CYRILLE
REGGIE WORKMAN
OLIVER LAKE

+ GERI ALLEN

AT THIS TIME

Reggie Workman: Bass
Andrew Cyrille: Drums
Oliver Lake: Alto Saxophone, Flute

Geri Allen: Piano

01. Swamini (for Alice Coltrane/Turiyasangitananda) Geri Allen 6’58
02. Gazzeloni Eric Dolphy 6’12
03. For Patrik L. Allen/Lake/Workman/Cyrille 5’20
04. All Net Oliver Lake 3’41
05. Current Reggie Workman 6’54
06. Lake’s Jump Curtis Clark 8’25
07. Long Melody Oliver Lake 6’26
08. Tey Andrew Cyrille 5’58
09. Barbara’s Rainbow Allen/Lake/Workman/Cyrille 4’17
10. In the Realm … of the Child … of True Humanity Within
(Gospel of Mary) Geri Allen 6’40

Recorded, mixed and mastered August 29, 30, 2008 atStudio Peter Karl Brooklyn, New York. Engineer: Peter Karl.
Liner notes: Laurence Donohue-Greene. Photo: Richard Conde. Cover art:Oliver Lake. Graphic design: Jonas Schoder.
Produced by Intakt Records, Patrik Landolt.

 


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Im Trio 3 haben sich mit Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman und Andrew Cyrille drei Instanzen der Great Black Music gefunden, die mit Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk oder Archie Shepp auf der Bühne standen. «Klarheit, Weisheit und Würde», schreibt der Jazzkritiker Marcus Maida dem Trio zu.
Nach der Begegnung mit der Pianistin Irène Schweizer (Intakt CD 150. Berne Concert) trifft Trio 3 auf Geri Allen. Eine naheligende Wahl, haben Lake, Workman und Cyrille immer wieder in unterschiedlichsten Bands mit Geri Allen gearbeitet. Nachdem das Quartett ein Woche im Birdland in New York zu hören war, gingen die vier im August 2008 in Brooklyn ins Tonstudio. Die vorliegende CD At This Time präsentiert neben dem Jazzstandard Gazzeloni von Eric Dolphy, dem Stück Lake’s Jump von Curtis Clark Kompositionen von Geri Allen, Reggie Workman, Oliver Lake and Andrew Cyrille. Es ist phantastisch zu hören, wie die vier zu einem Ganzen verschmelzen, wie hochenergetische Improvisationen mit schönen Baladen einhergehen und Jazzstandards einen eigenen Sound bekommen.


Geri Allen, Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille, Birdland, New York, August 2008. Photo: Richard Conde

Geri Allen is a natural choice, an already well-established collaborator with each member of Trio 3. Cyrille played on her 1984 debut recording as leader (The Printmakers) as well as more currently with her Mary Lou Williams Collective. Since first moving to New York from Detroit, Allen performed as a member of Lake’s ensembles throughout the ‘80s, from her first ever NYC gig with Lake’s Jump Up to four subsequent recordings under his leadership. Workman featured Allen on his 1995 recording Cerebral Caverns.
Needless to say, there was no need for formal introductions when this dynamic foursome entered the studio fresh off four straight nights performing at Birdland in New York. Admirably Trio 3 has neither given up their very essence or compromised their music or approach in this new chapter of the band, nor is Allen’s presence intrusive to any degree. As a matter of fact, the exact opposite: the four thrive as one under this unique union whose whole is much greater than the sum of its parts.

 

 


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