Live At Birdland
Jazz
| May 2011
Reviews
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
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| Jul 3 | 1 |
| Jun 26 | 1 |
| Jun 19 | 1 |
| Jun 12 | 2 |
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Track listing
| 1. | Lover Man | ||
| 2. | Lullaby Of Birdland | ||
| 3. | Solar | ||
| 4. | I Fall In Love Too Easily | ||
| 5. | You Stepped Out Of A Dream | ||
| 6. | Oleo |