Night Tripper
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| Studio album by Vic Juris | ||||
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| Label (s) | SteepleChase Records | |||
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CD |
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10 |
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01:06:44 |
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Nils Winther |
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Night Tripper is an album by jazz guitarist Vic Juris . The recordings were made in April 1994 and released in 1995 on SteepleChase Records .
background
Starting with Roadsong (1978), Vic Juris recorded a number of albums under his own name until 2018. In 1994/95 Juris worked as a sideman a. a. with Norman Hedman , Jeanie Bryson ( Tonight I Need You So ), David Liebman ( Songs for My Daughter ) and Richie Cole ( Kush / The Music of Dizzy Gillespie ). During this time, another album by the guitarist Night Tripper was created , on which he - in addition to some original compositions - songs by Rodgers & Hart ("Falling in Love with Love") and Kurt Weill ("Love song", also "See you the moon over Soho" ? ”From the Threepenny Opera ), also interpreted the swing number“ I Heard You Cried Last Night ”and the bossa nova title“ Estate ”.
Track list
- Vic Juris - Night Tripper (SteepleChase - SCCD 31353)
- I Heard You Cried Last Night (Jerry Kruger, Ted Grouya) 4:53
- Dekooning ( Phil Markowitz ) 5:46
- Love song (Kurt Weill) 8:34
- Next Victim (Vic Juris) 5:22
- Estate (Bruno Brighetti, Bruno Martino) 9:47
- Night Tripper (Vic Juris) 4:07
- Without You (Steve LaSpina) 6:17
- Falling In Love With Love (Rodgers & Hart) 7:46
- For Harry (Vic Juris) 7:01
- Marigold (Vic Juris) 7:11
reception
David R. Adler gave the album in Allmusic 4½ (out of five) stars. According to the reviewer, Juris' improvisation is at a high level and plays foreign compositions like “Estate”, “Falling in Love”, two obscure numbers and six group originals (four of which are his) with a lot of creativity. The author also praises the guitarist's teammates; Pianist Phil Markowitz, bassist Steve LaSpina and drummer Jeff Hirshfield “are attentive and quick to react. Two highlights are the eccentric 'Dekooning' and a tasteful bossa nova rendition of 'Estate', which best demonstrate the impressive flexibility of Juris. "
Richard Cook and Brian Morton , who gave the album a three-star rating in their Penguin Guide to Jazz , believe Juris' SteepleChase albums from around 1995 are nicely rounded, “although one might complain about it there is not much special either ”. The titles “Estate” and Markowitz's “Dekooning” on the present album are particularly noteworthy, the latter being “a clever and challenging piece”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 1, 2020)
- ↑ Vic Juris - Night Tripper at Discogs
- ^ Review of the album at Allmusic (English). Accessed January 1, 2020.
- ^ Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide To Jazz on CD . (8th ed.) Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .