Konitz / Mehldau / Haden / Motian / Live At Birdland
| Album: | Live At Birdland | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Konitz / Mehldau / Haden / Motian | Added: | May 2011 | |
| Label: | Ecm Records (Jazz) | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-05-30 | Pull Date: | 2011-08-01 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jul 3 | Jun 26 | Jun 19 | Jun 12 | Jun 5 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 22, 2019: | Mix Tape
Lover Man |
4. | Jun 21, 2011: | Rebop
I Fall In Love Too Easily |
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| 2. | Jun 05, 2015: | Mix Tape: Dosed
Lover Man |
5. | Jun 14, 2011: | Rebop
Oleo |
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| 3. | Jul 02, 2011: | Rebop
Oleo |
6. | Jun 10, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Solar |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2011-05-28
Reviewed 2011-05-28
KONITZ/MEHLDAU/HADEN/MOTIAN: Live at Birdland
ECM, 2011
MODERN JAZZ – Four masters at work, recorded live. This was a one-off, weeklong gig with no preparation or preconceived notions, so the music is pretty spontaneous despite the all-standards repertoire. Lee Konitz’s high, wavering sax tone and Brad Mehldau’s chiaroscuro piano chords give a surreal cast to the ballads and a sort of goofy playfulness to the livelier numbers. Meanwhile Charlie Haden and Paul Motian lay back, constantly finding subtle ways to bend time & space.
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6
1. 12:05 – slow, moody: sax aches, piano is pensive, bass goes down deep
2. 10:16 – quiet midtempo stroll: piano twists melody, solo bass really sings
3. 11:39 – casual: cerebral sax/piano interplay, quiet bass, cool drum break
4. 10:17 – lovely, languid ballad, sweet solos all around
5. 11:49 – sort of clunky at first, settles into offbeat glide, questioning solos
6. 15:19 – sax/drum duet tiptoes through bop melody, quartet keeps it sneaky; long piano solo gets elaborately twisty, bass has abstract moments
[ Fo ] 05/28/11
ECM, 2011
MODERN JAZZ – Four masters at work, recorded live. This was a one-off, weeklong gig with no preparation or preconceived notions, so the music is pretty spontaneous despite the all-standards repertoire. Lee Konitz’s high, wavering sax tone and Brad Mehldau’s chiaroscuro piano chords give a surreal cast to the ballads and a sort of goofy playfulness to the livelier numbers. Meanwhile Charlie Haden and Paul Motian lay back, constantly finding subtle ways to bend time & space.
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 6
1. 12:05 – slow, moody: sax aches, piano is pensive, bass goes down deep
2. 10:16 – quiet midtempo stroll: piano twists melody, solo bass really sings
3. 11:39 – casual: cerebral sax/piano interplay, quiet bass, cool drum break
4. 10:17 – lovely, languid ballad, sweet solos all around
5. 11:49 – sort of clunky at first, settles into offbeat glide, questioning solos
6. 15:19 – sax/drum duet tiptoes through bop melody, quartet keeps it sneaky; long piano solo gets elaborately twisty, bass has abstract moments
[ Fo ] 05/28/11
Track Listing
| 1. | Lover Man | 4. | I Fall In Love Too Easily | |||
| 2. | Lullaby Of Birdland | 5. | You Stepped Out Of A Dream | |||
| 3. | Solar | 6. | Oleo |