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Friday, October 4, 2024

Miroslav Vitous • Universal Syncopations

 



Infinite surge! Miroslav Vitous, the great bassist and Weather Report founding member, with an extraordinary cast of old friends, musicians who have changed the course of jazz, in an exciting album that is at once timeless and contemporary.When Vitous and producer Manfred Eicher first began discussing this project – Miroslav’s first ECM recording in a decade – one of the conceptual models was the bassist’s very first leader date, 1969’s “Infinite Search”. That historic landmark was long regarded, especially by musicians, as one of the crucial documents of the era. “Universal Syncopations” embodies the spirit of that time without being in any sense nostalgic. The new disc seems to make an ellipsis, continuing where “Infinite Search” left off, picking up the story. The central characters are now mature musicians, yet the purity of the playing remains its most striking characteristic. It retains, thanks to Vitous’s compositions and concept, the freshness of discovery. This is the quality that links the album to an era when music was the only “agenda”, before the speculative dawn of so-called fusion music, to a time when the protagonists were all still in the process of finding their voices.
https://ecmrecords.com/product/universal-syncopations-miroslav-vitous/

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¡Oleada infinita! Miroslav Vitous, el gran bajista y miembro fundador de Weather Report, con un extraordinario elenco de viejos amigos, músicos que han cambiado el curso del jazz, en un excitante álbum que es a la vez intemporal y contemporáneo.Cuando Vitous y el productor Manfred Eicher empezaron a discutir este proyecto -la primera grabación de Miroslav en ECM en una década- uno de los modelos conceptuales fue la primera fecha como líder del bajista, «Infinite Search» de 1969. Ese hito histórico fue considerado durante mucho tiempo, especialmente por los músicos, como uno de los documentos cruciales de la época. «Universal Syncopations» encarna el espíritu de aquella época sin ser en ningún sentido nostálgico. El nuevo disco parece hacer una elipsis, continuando donde lo dejó «Infinite Search», retomando la historia. Los personajes centrales son ahora músicos maduros, pero la pureza de la interpretación sigue siendo su característica más llamativa. Conserva, gracias a las composiciones y al concepto de Vitous, la frescura del descubrimiento. Ésta es la cualidad que vincula el álbum a una época en la que la música era la única «agenda», antes de los albores especulativos de la llamada música de fusión, a un tiempo en el que todos los protagonistas estaban todavía en proceso de encontrar sus voces.
https://ecmrecords.com/product/universal-syncopations-miroslav-vitous/


 




Tracks:
1 - Bamboo Forest - 4:35
2 - Univoyage - 10:48
3 - Tramp Blues - 5:15
4 - Faith Run - 4:50
5 - Sun Flower - 7:16
6 - Miro Bop - 3:59
7 - Beethoven - 7:13
8 - Medium - 5:06
9 - Brazil Waves - 4:26


Credits:
    Design [Cover Design] – Sascha Kleis
    Double Bass, Written-By, Producer, Edited By, Mixed By – Miroslav Vitous
    Drums – Jack DeJohnette
    Edited By, Mixed By – Jan Erik Kongshaug
    Guitar – John McLaughlin
    Photography By – Allan Titmus*, Daniel Vrabec
    Piano – Chick Corea
    Producer, Edited By, Mixed By – Manfred Eicher
    Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Jan Garbarek
    Trombone – Isaac Smith (tracks: 2 to 4)
    Trumpet – Wayne Bergeron (tracks: 2 to 4)
    Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Valerie Ponomarev* (tracks: 2 to 4)
    Written-By – Jack DeJohnette (tracks: 8), Jan Garbarek (tracks: 7, 9)

Recorded at Universal Syncopations
and Rainbow Studios, Oslo

Label:    ECM Records – ECM 1863, ECM Records – B0001289-02
Country:    US
Released:    2003
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Contemporary Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/es/release/6034420-Miroslav-Vitous-Universal-Syncopations




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3 comments:

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  2. Whatever was done (or not), it worked just now. So never mind, no check needed, thanks for ALL the very interesting posts!!!!

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