Scenes

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:06:36
Full performer name: John Bishop/Jeff Johnson/Rick Mandyck/John Stowell. Personnel: John Bishop (drums); Rick Mandyck (saxophone); Johen Stowell (guitar); Jeff Johnson (bass). Recorded at Ironwood Studios, Seattle Washington on October 17, 2000 and January 10, 2001. Personnel: John Bishop (drums); John Stowell (guitar); Rick Mandyck (saxophone). Audio Mixer: Reed Ruddy. Liner Note Author: John Stowell. Recording information: Ironwood Studios, Seattle, WA (10/17/2000-06/18/2001). Photographer: Matt Jorgensen. Guitarist John Stowell joins the trio of bassist Jeff Johnson, drummer John Bishop, and tenor saxophonist Rick Mandyck on this mellow, intensely reflective recording. Stowell is an exceptional musician whose lyrical and nimble fret-work stands beside such other luminaries as Jim Hall and Bill Frissel. Having received many accolades in recent years, Scenes is a good example of why Stowell deserves even wider recognition. A congenial mix of standards and originals, Scenes has a rainy day quality of musicians gathering to share in the warmth of their sounds. Never stomping on each other musically, each musician nevertheless establishes his identity firmly through melodic, conversational playing that is the epitome of modern, eclectic jazz. Never as relentlessly cerebral or folky as say, an ECM release, Stowell and friends still approach such songs as McCoy Tyner's "Blues on the Corner" with a scientific deliberation, anatomizing the blues to illuminate the whole body of the song. Ironically, by the time they get to Miles Davis' "Nefertiti" -- a song designed around an ambient group aesthetic -- they choose to begin with a bass solo, deconstructing themselves into the melody one instrument at a time. Jeff Johnson -- who performed with Chet Baker -- references both the melancholy trumpeter's style and Ingmar Bergman's film on his winsome "Persona," which features quietly stunning interplay between Mandyck and Stowell. While none of these songs are up-tempo "burners" to shake you into listening, this disc is by no means a passive listen. ~ Matt Collar
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)