Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Stephen paul motian american musician and composer. Time and time again by paul motian 20070219 amazon. Whereas drums had long been pigeonholed as accompaniment, motian used his suggestive economical style to make his instrument the pianos equal, notably in his work with the.
The combination of motian s writing and the fine musicianship make this album one of the better sets here. Album standards plus one jubilee edition, paul motian. Bill is using a heavily modified fender telecaster. The professional part of my career didnt start until i was 24 or 25 years old, around 1955 or 56. In 2005 motian moved to the ecm label, releasing i have the room above her that same year, followed by garden of eden in 2006 and time and time again in 2007. Certainly i was aware of the innovative role of the bill evans trio with evans on piano, scott lafaro on bass, and on drums, paul motian. This is the album that i really consider as his, featuring one of the greatest working bands ive had the privilege to experience in a room for the most part, that room was the village vanguard, where motian, saxophonist joe lovano and guitarist bill frisell were a beloved fixture for something.
Volume 2 of motian s compositions will be out early 2018. On a few of the tracks, the group also includes alto saxophonist carlos ward and a 2nd guitarist paul metzke. Motian has become internationally known for his advanced work as a drummer and. Paul motian trio i have the room above her ecm 2007. Paul motian trio featuring bill frisell joe lovano. The first was an extension of the bebop drumming style whose roots extended back to the innovations of joe jones and dave tough in the 1930s. If you could go back in time and change one piece of history what would you consider to be i thought i knew ben elton. Album the windmills of your mind, paul motian qobuz. Paul motian will always be known for his work in the legendary edition of the bill evans trio, though he has long since established himself as a bandleader who has recorded prolifically on his own. Paul motian drawing from tradition modern drummer magazine. Recorded by this quartet to celebrate drummer paul motian s 80th birthday, the windmills of your mind is a collection of jazz and pop standards played by a stellar quartet that includes guitarist bill frisell, vocalist petra haden, and bassist thomas morgan. Find paul motian discography, albums and singles on allmusic. From first cut cambodia to last time and time again, motian, frissell and lovano create exceptional, beautiful music.
Lovano and frisell are back, and paired down to a trio gives each player room and time to explore the music. This second volume from december 2006 sessions at the village vanguard feature the same band heard on the first volume. His idea of a music that moves, floats, and hovers that evolves gently is singular. I loved it and am going to be telling everyone to read it. Drummer motians longrunning trio with joe lovano and. Paul motian s melodies for improvisation rarely took more than a page to notate, but that doesnt mean that his scores werent detailed. Despite the pacing issues and toogoodtobetrue action hero, time and time again is a good book.
The musicians on this album drummer paul motian, guitarist bill. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Paul motian trio time and time again joe lovano tenor saxophone bill frisell guitar paul motian drums recorded may 2006 at avatar studios. Bill frisell performs a meditative solo version of paul motian s it shouldve happened a long time ago at the fretboard journal. It was over 20 years ago that i plucked up the courage to get in touch with one of my main inspirations in music paul motian. The trio members, who hadnt recorded together as such since 1984, showed a tremendous empathy and a sense of harmonic invention that defied jazz categorizations. Motian always encouraged maximum freedom from his fellow. Motianfriselllovano trio time and time again amazon. Paul motian s last two albums on ecm have been widely lauded by press and fans alike. Motianfriselllovano trio time and time again music.
Ever since, and despite skyrocketing careers, the three musicians have always set aside time to continue their trio collaboration. Motian had a sense about the pen which, like his impulses at the kit, never bothered to obsess over the whole picture. Time and time again by nenad georgievski, published on november 24, 2008. Time and time again though is a book that i will find very hard to forget it absolutely blew me away. On time and time again, the bands sense of space, color, and texture reaches outward in a more pronounced manner. Paul motian the 129 essential albums of the twentyfirst. Paul motian, who has died in new york aged 80, was a percussionist whose style, developed over several decades, had a profound influence. In the final ninety seconds of i loves you, porgy, bill evans hit the main line of the melody, while lafaro paused at each beat and motian scratched at. Paul motian died on november 22, 2011 in manhattan. Paul motian bill frisell joe lovano, i have the room. Time and time again is an album by jazz drummer paul motian recorded in 2006 released on the ecm label and featuring performances by motian with bill. Its got its fair share of the moral dilemmas that are faced by fellow time travellers, a detailed look at the historical events the book makes use of and a strong ending, rewarding ending. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.
Motianfriselllovano, time and time again music the guardian. Between the years of 1971 and 1976, the pianist, alongside charlie haden, paul motian and dewey redman ran some kind of mad laboratory in which the genres of hard bop, freejazz, world and avantgarde would all come together. Veteran drummer paul motian, crossgenre guitar original bill frisell and joe lovano, the walking saxhistory encyclopaedia, last collaborated. Rather, these three master musicians, attuned to listening to each other by years of playing cooperatively, are constantly adjusting their playing to echo their. So when i interviewed paul motian for modern drummer i was a freelance writer, devouring every jazz book and magazine article i could find. Particularly of note are jarretts survivors suite and at the deer head inn, as well as four motian cdsconception vessel, dance, paul motian rarum selected recordings, and it should have happened a long time ago. This is a welcome back for a recording often overlooked in the motian discography not essential but always worth returning to from time to time. During the 1960s two new styles of jazz drumming developed. By the time paul motian got on the new york scene, the musical mecca of the 52nd st. You could play his melodies over and over again for hours and express them in different ways. Somebody had passed his address on to me and i sent him a letter with a recording of my first album in our time asking him if he would play with me in the uk if i organised a tour. In his research on and recording of motian s music, michel discovered a blog of cindy mcguirl, paul motian s niece, who has selfpublishing a book, the compositions of paul motian volume 1 19731989. The saxophonists only other contribution arrives on sod house, where once again his opening lines are delivered at a leisurely pace before opening up a little as the piece progresses.
Occasionally theres something to raise a smile, like the tempo indication latin on the lunatic mumbo jumbo. A spontaneous and interesting time worth rediscovering. I love time travel theories that pull together history and science fiction, and elton achieves this in style, postulating that sir isaac newton had found a way to travel back in time and even tied this event to the great mathematicians nervous breakdown during the period of. Bill evans time remembered birth of the film by bruce spiegel there was a crystal moment when you knew for certain this bill evans movie was going to happen. It was the first release by the electric bebop band, which featured the veteran drummer working mainly with younger musicians and subsequently became one of motian s primary groups until the end of his life. Paul motian and the electric bebop band is an album of bebop jazz standards by american drummer paul motian originally released on the german jmt label. Paul motian was one of the most influential american drummers in the history of jazz. Motian, bassist charlie haden, and guitarist sam brown who also played together under hadens name, and with keith jarrett. Paul motian has already surfaced twice in the 129 essential albums list, and hell turn up again. It may seem muted on first hearing, but tranquil it is not. Motian s compositions dominate this set, as they did the last one. Stephen paul motian, american drummer and composer born march 25, 1931, philadelphia, pa. Time and time again by paul motian, joe lovano, bill.
Paul motian trio featuring bill frisell joe lovano one time out. Time and time again definitely deserves a place in this category. Time and time again, an album by paul motian, bill frisell, joe lovano on spotify. When paul motian died last week at 80, the last of the trio to disappear from this world, i listened again and again to live at the village vanguard. Rather, these three master musicians, attuned to listening to each other by years of playing cooperatively, are constantly adjusting their playing to echo their partners, creating unusually exciting but subtle music.
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