Reviewed: 2017-12-09
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: For his ECM debut, master improvising pianist & composer Bates and his Beloved Trio revisit and expand on past tunes, perform new ones, and reinvent an old Charlie Parker tune (#8).
If You Like: Keith Jarrett, Ralph Towner, Bobo Stenson
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Sadness All The Way Down (2:12) - piano starts> slow & ominous then swings uptempo on a beautiful melody> crescendo end and some notes
*2/ Giorgiantics (6:06) - bass starts> uptempo jam with sprightly melody> lovely piano solo slows to midtempo, then swings into uptempo jam> quick fade
3/ Little Petherick (6:25) - piano starts> slow tempo jam> piano solo> slow jam> quick fade
4/ Senza Bitterness (3;29) - piano starts> lovely midtempo jam> piano solo> quick stop
*5/ We Are Not Lost, We Are Simply Finding Our... (6:10) - piano starts> uptempo jam stops & starts> swinging piano solo> uptempo jam> false stop> breaks into different uptempo melody> quick stop
*6/ This World (5:30) - piano starts> stately slow tempo jam> piano solo> slow jam> fade
7/ The Study Of Touch (9:46) - piano starts with heavy chords> midtempo jam> piano solo swings to fast tempo> midtempo jam> slows to stop
*8/ Passport (2:49) - piano starts> uptempo jam with hints of ragtime> slows to midtempothen swings out to full tilt boogie & stops
*9/ Slippage Street (7:41) - piano starts with heavy chords> & swings into uptempo jam> fascinating piano solo> uptempo jam> false stop> midtempo jam> quick stop
10/ Peonies As Promised (4:52) - piano starts with uptempo flourish> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
11/ Happiness All The Way Up (1:19) - piano starts with heavy chords> slow tempo jam> quick stop