| Motian, Paul / Garden Of Eden |
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| Album: | Garden Of Eden | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Motian, Paul | Added: | Feb 2006 | |
| Label: | Ecm Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-03-19 | Pull Date: | 2006-05-21 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | May 21 | Apr 9 | Apr 2 | Mar 26 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 06, 2016: | Rebop Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | 4. | Jun 06, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum Balata | |
| 2. | Dec 18, 2015: | Rebop Pithecanthropus Erectus | 5. | May 31, 2014: | Music Casserole Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | |
| 3. | Apr 10, 2015: | Rebop Mumbo Jumbo | 6. | Nov 25, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Prelude 2 Narcissus |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2006-03-15 | ||
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Subtle, floaty jazz from a sizable band: 2 saxes, THREE guitars, bass, and legend Motian on drums. Very nice stuff, pretty and relaxed, with pieces that harken back to classic '50s and '60s writing, with that ECM floaty freedom all around. Dreamy/floaty guitars match up with burly sax lines; even at slow tempos, the saxes are like a wake-up buzzer sometimes (see 9). Motian turns 75 on 3/25/06. Here's how cool he is: He makes a full-time living at jazz even though he refuses to travel! Anybody wanting him on their CD -- and quite a few ECM artists do -- has to come to *him* in New York. 1- Soft swing, criss-crossing sax lines 2- Slowish, bluesy, smoky, dreamy. Heavy on the melody. 3- Dreamy mid/slow, exotic "world" feel 4- Breezy soft bop, Calypso 5- Gentle but burly theme, midtempo. Rock-like guitar solo 6- Creeping theme, slowish 7- Midtempo, happy theme 8- Soft, peaceful 9- Dragging tempo, into weird dreamy solos 10- Slow early-morning feel 11- Slow, lingering, delicate; a bit haunting 12- Brisk, warm. Upbeat but floating. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Pithecanthropus Erectus | 8. | Bill | |||
| 2. | Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | 9. | Endless | |||
| 3. | Etude | 10. | Prelude 2 Narcissus | |||
| 4. | Mesmer | 11. | Garden Of Eden | |||
| 5. | Mumbo Jumbo | 12. | Manhattan Melodrama | |||
| 6. | Desert Dream | 13. | Evidence | |||
| 7. | Balata | 14. | Cheryl |