Landloper

ジャズ界で最も広く評価されているベーシストのひとり、現在79歳のアリルド・アンデルセンの初ソロ・アルバム。

このアルバムは、主にオスロのヴィクトリア・ナスノー・ジャズシーンでレコーディングされ、1曲はアリルドの自宅で録音された。 このリサイタルでのレパートリーの選択は、アリルドの芸術の歩みを反映しており、アンデルセンのオリジナル曲(「Dreamhorse」、「Mira」、「Landloper」)に加え、ノルウェーの伝統音楽(「Old Stev」)、ロマンティック・ジャズのスタンダード曲(「A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square」)、フリー・ジャズの名曲(アルバート・アイラーの「Ghosts」、オーネット・コールマンの「Lonely Woman」、チャーリー・ヘイデンの「Song for Che」)に新たな光が当てられている。 アンデルセンの演奏は、卓越したベース・プレイと、ソロ・プレイに雰囲気のある次元と相互作用の新鮮な機会をもたらす電子ループのリアルタイム制作を組み合わせたものである。
〈パーソネル〉Arild Andersen (double-b, electronics)

Norwegian double bassist Arild Andersen is one of the most versatile, prolific, and melodic players in modern jazz. First heard by most on Jan Garbareks 1971 ECM debut, Sart, Andersen is one of the labels most recorded artists. His own debut, 1975s Clouds in My Heart with pianist Pal Thowsen and drummer Jon Balke, won global acclaim. Since then, hes made more than 50 records for several labels (though ECM remains primary) and played on hundreds more. While many of the labels first guard are retiring or are working more infrequently, Andersen has, if anything, become more active since the COVID-19 pandemic. Landloper, the bassists third release of 2024, is his very first solo bass album. Recorded live in June 2020 at the Victoria National Jazzscene in Oslo, Andersen accompanied his bass with simple effects pedals. The albums seven selections clock in at under 35 minutes, and include three originals, supported by covers of compositions by Ornette Coleman ("Lonely Woman"), Ra-Kalam Bob Moses ("Peace Universal"), Albert Ayler ("Ghosts"), Charlie Haden ("Song For Che"), and Manning Sherwin ("A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"), with the traditional folk song "Old Stev" as the hinge in a medley that includes the title track and "Ghosts." The Moses tune is the only song not recorded in concert. Andersen recorded it in his living room. It opens the set with ambient, atmospheric effects that sound like birds, and he plays the first section arco. His plucked bass asserts the melody two minutes in and hovers between a folk song and sacred hymn. His "Dreamhouse" opens with a gentle percussive loop before a mysterious yet lullabye-esque melody -- complete with ringing harmonics -- unhurriedly unfurls across the rhythm, lightly embellished by pedals. Though the medley is listed as three separate tracks, they are in fact part and parcel of one another. While "Ghosts" emerges atmospherically, the bassist infuses it with a lyric melody quietly framed by drones, arco playing, and plucked modes when introducing the nearly processional "Old Stev," which then offers no warning for the danceable "Landloper" (which owes a nod to Jaco Pastorius). The latter sounds like a folk reel breakdown. The standard "A Nightingale..." is played with great sensitivity. It flows beautifully into Andersens haunting, romantic "Mira." The last two tunes, "Lonely Woman" and "Song for Che," are played as a medley, sans pedals. The instruments body provides a natural rhythmic reverb resonance. The former is slower than the original by half, carefully articulating its forlorn melody with emotion and taste. The Haden tune is introduced with strummed minor chords and readily references "Lonely Woman" in its own lyric harmony. Landloper is one of Andersens strongest sets ever. While never a shy soloist, this excellent, nearly revelatory exercise in solo performance clearly agrees with him. ~ Thom Jurek