Ralph Simon And Magic Club - Music For The Millennium (2021)
Artist: Ralph Simon, Gary Peacock, Paul Bley, Julian Priester, Bruce Ditmas, Alan Pasqua
Title: Music For The Millennium
Year Of Release: 1996 / 2021
Label: Postcards Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 48:22
Total Size: 245 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Music For The Millennium
Year Of Release: 1996 / 2021
Label: Postcards Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 48:22
Total Size: 245 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Cousin Bruce
02. The Ballad Quartet Will Now Play
03. Suite First Take: Dawn Tuning (feat. Julian Priester)
04. Suite First Take: Downhill Slalom (feat. Bruce Ditmas)
05. Suite First Take: Rebecca's Twilight (feat. Julian Priester)
06. Suite First Take: Una Noche (Mi Centaurita) (feat. Julian Priester)
07. Sweet Sorrow (R Plays Blue)
08. Ghosts of Goethals (We Are Rolling!) (feat. Julian Priester)
09. Windsong
10. Are You Ready? (Sextet for the End of Now)
11. Blue In Green
Personnel:
Ralph Simon: Soprano sax and breath-controlled synthesizers
Paul Bley: Piano/synths (2-8, and 10)
Gary Peacock: Bass (1-6, 8-11)
Julian Priester: Trombone (3-6, and 8)
Bruce Ditmas: Drums/synth (1-6, 8, 10, and 11)
Alan Pasqua: Piano (11)
Jeff Berman: Vibraphone (3-6, 8, and 10)
Tom Beyer: Percussion (3-6, 8, and 10)
Elizabeth Panzer: Harp (3-6)
Michael DiSibio: Trumpet (11)
“Beautifully recorded and sensitively performed… …a very attractive album.” – Jazziz Magazine
“Ralph Simon and the Magic Club: Music For the Millennium”, the second Postcards Jazz recording from Ralph Simon, features him on soprano saxophone and breath-controlled synthesizers, engaging in riveting duets, trios, quartets, and larger ensembles with a magic club of world-class improvisers. Paul Bley (Piano/Synth), Gary Peacock (Bass), Julian Priester (Trombone), Bruce Ditmas (Drums), and others bring their own unique musical vocabulary to a set of Simon’s original compositions (plus Miles Davis’ composition “Blue In Green”) that explores his extensive background in Jazz, contemporary classical music, and free improvisation with an eye towards effecting a remarriage of acoustic and electric music.
“…subtle textures and hues of acoustic and electric music.” – Down Beat Magazine
This CD, “Ralph Simon and the Magic Club: Music For the Millennium”, fuses tradition instrumentation with electronic innovation, as well as classical structures with modern Jazz feeling, and in doing do reveals directions for the future of Jazz in the next millennium. Welcome to the Magic Club!
“Ralph Simon and the Magic Club: Music For the Millennium”, the second Postcards Jazz recording from Ralph Simon, features him on soprano saxophone and breath-controlled synthesizers, engaging in riveting duets, trios, quartets, and larger ensembles with a magic club of world-class improvisers. Paul Bley (Piano/Synth), Gary Peacock (Bass), Julian Priester (Trombone), Bruce Ditmas (Drums), and others bring their own unique musical vocabulary to a set of Simon’s original compositions (plus Miles Davis’ composition “Blue In Green”) that explores his extensive background in Jazz, contemporary classical music, and free improvisation with an eye towards effecting a remarriage of acoustic and electric music.
“…subtle textures and hues of acoustic and electric music.” – Down Beat Magazine
This CD, “Ralph Simon and the Magic Club: Music For the Millennium”, fuses tradition instrumentation with electronic innovation, as well as classical structures with modern Jazz feeling, and in doing do reveals directions for the future of Jazz in the next millennium. Welcome to the Magic Club!
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