Live in Japan (Enrico Pieranunzi album)

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Live in Japan
Live album by Enrico Pieranunzi

Publication
(s)

2007

Label (s) CAM jazz

Format (s)

Double CD

Genre (s)

Modern jazz , postbop

Title (number)

14th

running time

01:51:11

occupation
  • Piano : Enrico Pieranunzi

Studio (s)

Asahi Hall, Arena Hall, Tokyo and Aka-Renga Hall, Yokohama

chronology
Ballads
(2006) 		Live in Japan Parisian Portraits
(2007)
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Live in Japan is a double album by Enrico Pieranunzi , Marc Johnson and Joey Baron . The trio's recordings, which were made on March 18, 19, 23, 24 and 25, 2004 at venues in Tokyo and Yokohama, were released on May 22, 2007 by CAM Jazz .

background

Enrico Pieranunzi had - starting with New Lands (1984) - recorded a number of albums in the trio with Marc Johnson and Joey Baron in the 2000s, such as Play Morricone (2001), Current Conditions (2003), Play Morricone 2 (2004) and Ballads (2006). The recording made in spring 2004 (shortly before the session for the Ballads album) during a concert tour through Japan presents the trio with original compositions by the pianist, four pieces by the film composer Ennio Morricone and one by Joey Baron ("Broken Time"). In November 2004, Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron continued their cooperation with the album As Never Before , on which Kenny Wheeler also participated.

Track list

  • Enrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey Baron: Live in Japan (CAM Jazz - CAM 5023)
Disc 1
  1. Aurora Giapponese 1:50
  2. Impronippo 15:21
  3. How Can You Not? 7:51
  4. If Only For a Time 8:23
  5. Mio Caro Dottor Gräsler 8:22
  6. Musashi 4:24
  7. Improleaves 15:22
Disc 2
  1. Winter Moon 5:54
  2. Broken Time 7:52
  3. Tokyo Reflections 2:23
  4. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso 7:18
  5. Ninfa Plebea 7:52
  6. When I Think of You 9:12
  7. Improminor 11:08

reception

Ken Dryden gave the album 4½ (out of five) stars in Allmusic and wrote: “Three gripping extended trio improvisations by known standards are the highlight of this collection, although the delicious jazz waltz 'How Can You Not?' the pianist and the moody ballad 'If Only for a Time' leave lasting impressions. The trio also interprets four originals by the well-known Italian film composer Ennio Morricone, highlighted by the dramatic rendition of 'Musashi', in which the pianist's lyrics are complemented by the sensitive accompaniment of Johnson and Baron. The spirit of Bill Evans is often present in Enrico Pieranunzi's play in this collection, although it never inherits his musical personality. We recommend."

John Kelman gave the album in All About Jazz the highest rating of five stars and wrote that Pieranunzi's Impressionist romanticism, which has often been compared to the legendary Bill Evans, had his preference for focusing on material from Italian composers alongside his own writing Work often lends an unmistakable Mediterranean atmosphere. But his collaboration with drummer Paul Motian on the freer, but no less beautiful Doorways (Cam Jazz, 2005) showed a more angular playing stance, which is just as part of his overall approach and is just as much a part of Live in Japan as gentle ballads. straight swing and unmistakable lyrics. Almost half of this 100-minute performance is dedicated to free improvisation, but never without focus or collective intention.

Kelman highlights the importance of the collaboration between Marc Johnson and Joey Baron, who in the years prior to this recording had worked with artists such as guitarist John Abercrombie and pianist John Taylor , as well as on the bassist's album Shades of Jade (ECM, 2005) had. This rhythm section should be viewed "with the same awe" as that of Scott LaFaro / Paul Motian around 1960 and Ron Carter / Tony Williams with Miles Davis . “Infinitely flexible and always intuitive, their musical range seems to have no limits.” Live in Japan is an energetic, elegant and elusive release, the author sums up, “which Pieranunzi, Johnson and Baron positioned and supported in the upper level of the piano trios Sicherheit will be considered one of the best trio records of 2007. "

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b John Kelman: Enrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey Baron: Live in Japan. All About Jazz, June 18, 2007, accessed March 14, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 14, 2020)
  3. ↑ Enrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey Baron: Live in Japan at Discogs
  4. ^ Review of the album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved March 14, 2020.