In the Evenings out There

In the Evenings out There Artist: Paul Bley
Label: Ecm Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731451746925
EAN: 0731451746925
ASIN: B000024ARH


Release Date: 2000-03-07

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Listmania:

  1. Essential Paul Bley's stuff

Tracks:

  1. Afterthoughts - Paul Bley
  2. Portrait Of A Silence - Gary Peacock
  3. Soft Touch - Paul Bley
  4. Speak Easy - Gary Peacock/Tony Oxley
  5. Interface - Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Tony Oxley/John Surman
  6. Alignment - John Surman
  7. Fair Share - Paul Bley/Gary Peacock
  8. Article Four - John Surman
  9. Married Alive - Paul Bley
  10. Spe-cu-lay-ting - Tony Oxley/Paul Bley
  11. Tomorrow Today - Gary Peacock
  12. Note Police - Paul Bley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Moody and atmospheric.......2001-02-05

"In the Evenings Out There" is a companion CD to John Surman's 1992 release "Adventure Playground". On that recording Surman worked with a powerful group - Paul Bley (piano), Gary Peacock (bass), and Tony Oxley (drums) - that was divided into various configurations of duos and trios to accompany Surman. "Evenings" was recorded at the same sessions and released under the names of all four musicians; it usually gets filed under "Bley" since his name is first on the list. And it should be because impressionistic pianist Bley gets the most playing time with four solo works.

Surman gives a solo baritone recital on "Alignment". Tony Oxley and Gary Peacock team up for the powerful and abstact "Speak Easy"; John Surman joins them on bass clarinet for the rumbling "Article Four"; Bley joins that piece five minutes into it. The quartet only plays one other song together, "Interface". Peacock gets two solo pieces, "Portrait of a Silence" and "Tomorrow Today", that show off his skills as a composer and performer. Drummer Tony Oxley, who often sounds like several percussionists playing together at once, gets a sort-of solo piece, "Spec-u-lay-ting" with some discrete colorations from Paul Bley. Peacock and Bley team up for "Fair Share" which starts out with a catchy melody then becomes more subdued and meditative. And that kind of sums up the nature of this recording; songs start off one way and become something else, players enter and exit as needed.

A very quiet recording considering the background of the four musicians. Bley is a longtime interpreter of Ornette Coleman songs - and had the original Ornette Coleman quartet as his back-up band in the 50's. Gary Peacock played with Albert Ayler; John Surman's late 60's trio explored Coltrane's turf. And Tony Oxley has collaborated often with iconoclastic guitarist Derek Bailey. Everybody plays a little more quietly than usual (for Oxley, much more quietly); it's "out there" but it's relaxing as well. Recommended for those who like to listen beyond the mainstream.

5 out of 5 stars a wonderful disc.......2000-03-14

This recording features wonderful works written by each of the four musicians on the album. Some tracks are solo pieces, others have the full ensemble. The music has the depth and integrity you would expect from these excellent players. The recording is fantastic... as is usually the case with ECM releases. Strongly recommended.

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  4. At The Meadowbrook Ballroom ~ Glenn Miller
  5. From New York to Paris: 1944-1953 ~ Buck Clayton
  6. More Live-Lee ~ Lee Konitz, Alan Broadbent
  7. Introducing Paolo Di Sabatino ~ Paolo Di Sabatino Quartet
  8. Behind Eleven Deserts ~ Stephan Micus
  9. From My Heart ~ Guarneri Jazz Quartet
  10. 2nd P.C.O. Sampler ~ Penguin Cafe Orchestra

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