Paul Motian : Lost in a Dream

[BrianL1]

I guess this will be on ECM's site soon, but looks like the next Paul Motian ECM release is a live Village Vanguard recording with Jason Moran and Chris Potter, out in early march based on listings by a few retailers.



Review of their gig last year: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/ar...ic/17vang.html

Looking forward to this one!

For those lucky fans in NYC, I see Motian's at the VV again in March with Moran and Greg Osby.

[me wag]

Looking forward to this one!

me, too.

[BrianL1]

You can hear "Mode VI" from the new release here:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsuprem...motian_78.html

Nice track.

[BrianL1]

Samples and photos from ECM here:

http://player.ecmrecords.com/motian

[Ron Thorne]

Should be fun!

Thanks for the links, BrianL1.

[lonely-at-the-top]

Thanks to UPS I got my copy a week ahead of the European release and I'm not disappointed but I'm missing a bass too much. Potter sounds better than ever and I am trying to imagine what Blue Midnight would sound like with Larry Grenadier or Dave Holland added

[Capt.W./TX.]

Been listening to this one in the car for last few days.

At first, the preponderance of slow tempos bothered me a bit. But I got over it fairly quickly

Chris Potter seems every bit at home with Motian's music as Joe Lovano is, and he deals with on its own terms-but in his own way. If anything, he is even more lyrical. I was particularly struck by Potter's seemingly effortless use of the upper register of his horn-it really sings!

This is one of my favorite recorded performances of 'Potter-as-sideman' to date.

Motian's "Cathedral Song" is my favorite track so far. This is a slower reading than the 80's quintet version on Soul Note. It's absolutely gorgeous!

Up to now, I haven't listened to much of Jason Moran. But that will change...

Paul Motian's music and his groups-especially his trios-are some of my favorite music of the last few decades. This one is a winner!

[BrianL1]

Been listening to this one in the car for last few days.

At first, the preponderance of slow tempos bothered me a bit. But I got over it fairly quickly

Chris Potter seems every bit at home with Motian's music as Joe Lovano is, and he deals with on its own terms-but in his own way.

Potter actually has a fairly long association with Motian (although not as long as Lovano of course). I think the the first Potter appearance was on Reincarnation of a Love Bird back in 1994, and he's been on numerous Winter&Winter releases since then.

If anything, he is even more lyrical. I was particularly struck by Potter's seemingly effortless use of the upper register of his horn-it really sings!

This is one of my favorite recorded performances of 'Potter-as-sideman' to date.

Motian's "Cathedral Song" is my favorite track so far. This is a slower reading than the 80's quintet version on Soul Note. It's absolutely gorgeous!

Up to now, I haven't listened to much of Jason Moran. But that will change...

Paul Motian's music and his groups-especially his trios-are some of my favorite music of the last few decades. This one is a winner!

I agree. I've consistently enjoyed virtually everything he has put out as a leader going back to his 1st ECM release.

[BrianL1]

Slightly off-topic, but here's a review of Paul Motian last week at the Village Vanguard, with Mark Turner and Tony Malaby sub'ing for Joe Lovano:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/ar...laby.html?_r=1