Eberhard Weber - The Colours Of Chloë (2023 Remaster) (2023) [Hi-Res]

“Symphonic jazz - picturesque, romantic, at times rhythmically involved, at others minimalistic and harmonically abstruse,” is how Allmusic describes Eberhard Weber’s ECM debut from 1974, calling it an “ambitious”, “and influential work”. On the record, the bassist is joined by the cellos of the Südfunk Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart as well as his band of Peter Giger and Ralf Hübner on percussion, Ack van Rooyen on flugelhorn and Rainer Brüninghaus on piano and synthesizer. The album won the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis in 1975.

"Completely devoid of any of the fashionable Americanisms of the day, its music was full of light and colour derived from European modernist classical and film traditions. As such, it offered a completely fresh pool of delights to fish in." (Jazzwise)

Eberhard Weber, double bass, violoncello, ocarina, vocals
Rainer Brüninghaus, piano, synthesizer
Peter Giger, drums, percussion
Ralf Hübner, drums (track 2)
Ack van Rooyen, flugelhorn
Gisela Schäuble, vocals
Members of the Südfunk-Symphonieorchester Stuttgart, violoncello

Recorded December 1973 at the Bauer recording studio in Ludwigsburg, Germany
Produced by Manfred Eicher

Digitally remastered by Christoph Stickel