Bol Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 I am interested in your opinions on these -- especially Stenson's latest with Paul Motian. I recently got one of Charles Lloyd's ECM CDs and found myself liking Stenson's piano playing much more than Lloyd's sax work. And I also read with interest a recent profile of Stenson in JazzTimes. But the sound clips of Stenson's CDs lead me to think that his CDs are a bit too tepid and uniform. Much of them seem to be slow ballads very slowly played in the over-indulgent style that ECM is famous for. Am I right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Dorward Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 The new one, Goodbye, is a very fine disc. Only one uptempo track (the Ornette track at the end) but there's enough variety in material & approach to the other tracks that I never felt it was oppressively sameish (whereas I found the most recent Crispell & the Gustavsen rather one-dimensional). If you like Stenson's work you should also try his stuff with Tomasz Stanko. Bosonossa on Power Bros is fairly aggressive & freeish despite the subtitle ("and other ballads")--the ones on ECM are tamer but excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 earlier thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Goodbye is fine, but I prefer War Orphans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 It would be nice to have UNDERWEAR (1971, with Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen) back in circulation. And, while it does not contain anything like Don Cherry's finest work, I've always liked Stenson's contributions to this session: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 I'm going to pick up the Mosaic on their next sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bol Posted May 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 I got "Goodbye" this past week, and I must admit that my initial reaction was disappointment. But it seems to get better with repeated listening. The last track is so good, I wonder why Stenson did not record more uptempo numbers. I cannot help thinking that some of the slow tracks have dashes of "corn". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 I got "Goodbye" this past week, and I must admit that my initial reaction was disappointment. But it seems to get better with repeated listening. The last track is so good, I wonder why Stenson did not record more uptempo numbers. I cannot help thinking that some of the slow tracks have dashes of "corn". Get War Orphans - really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 I got "Goodbye" this past week, and I must admit that my initial reaction was disappointment. But it seems to get better with repeated listening. The last track is so good, I wonder why Stenson did not record more uptempo numbers. I cannot help thinking that some of the slow tracks have dashes of "corn". Get War Orphans - really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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