Sneak Preview (Simon Nabatov Album)
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CD |
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7th |
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54:53 |
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Loft , Cologne |
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Sneak Preview (dt. Überraschungspremiere ) is a jazz album of Simon Nabatov Trio with bassist Mark Helias and drummer Tom Rainey , the Wolfgang Stach in Cologne on 20 and 21 January 1999 Loft was added and in 2000 as a co-production of Westdeutscher Rundfunk and the culture department Bayer appeared at HatHut Records .
Music of the album
The trio of pianist Simon Nabatov with Mark Helias and Tom Rainey had existed since the early 1990s; In 1992 the Enja album Tough Customer was created in Cologne . On the next album, Sneak Preview , which followed with a break of several years, it processed genre-crossing influences of various musical forms, from improvised music to references to jazz history ; In this context, Ulrich Kurth refers to the appropriation of different styles by musicians and composers such as Gustav Mahler , Arnold Schönberg , George Gershwin and Duke Ellington . Nabatov dedicated the first track of the album, "For Steve", to his long-time musical partner Steve Lacy , in which he processed melodic influences from Thelonious Monk before the trio switched to freer playing forms. With the piece "The Lake" the pianist processed childhood memories of the vacation at a lake in Estonia in an impressionistic way ; Tom Rainey contributes delicate textures with the cymbals, while Nabatov emphasizes the serene serenity with filigree block chords and intersecting lines.
The title track "Sneak Preview", dedicated to Mark Helias, has a chamber music feel that is reminiscent of the Modern Jazz Quartet . In “Happy Buckhi Break Tune” Nabatov mixes swing , gospel , ragtime and post-bop in a kaleidoscopic way . While his playing is somewhat reminiscent of Keith Jarrett at the beginning , he briefly quotes James P. Johnson's Stride-Piano several times after Breaks , while otherwise more modern playing styles predominate.
Track list
- Simon Nabatov Trio with Mark Helias & Tom Rainey: Sneak Preview (hatOLOGY 548)
- For Steve 9:08
- One-Track Min 5:25
- The Lake 6:20
- Let's Go Baby 7:19
- Sneak Preview 7:02
- Industrial Strength 9:41
- Happy Buchki Break Tune 9:29
- All compositions are by Simon Nabatov.
reception
Steve Loewy awarded the album four (out of five) stars in Allmusic and emphasized that the seven pieces of the trio showed an encyclopedic knowledge and a perfected playing style, which draws conclusions from hardbop to classical influences; "Nabatov leads the trio through his detailed compositions, which mostly reveal a romantic aura." Tom Rainey is powerful, his percussive contributions push and pull, while Helias strikes the bass powerfully. "Nabatov shows consistently brilliance, although he sometimes falls into the error of playing too many notes, an easy offense given considerable ability."
Glenn Astarita wrote in All About Jazz that Simon Nabatov was reviving the traditional piano trio format with this ambitious performance. With the rhythm section made up of Mark Helias and Tom Rainey, the native Estonian follows Monkish accents and rhythmic structures in odd meters in the complex piece “For Steve”. Nabatov shows muscle strength and fluency by leading the band through subtle changes in tempo and catchy hooklines. The pianist is a bit playful because he imitates Helias' sloping lines. The title track features a medium-tempo swing groove and chord progressions that are vaguely reminiscent of traditional Kansas City R&B motifs, enhanced with Bill Evans- like modern jazz piano voicings . Astarita believes that the musicians in Sneak Preview expand familiar concepts by allowing the listener to grasp an atypical or novel approach in a promising way.
Bill Bennett praised in JazzTimes that in Sneak Preview the pianist Simon Nabotov demonstrates why his playing has proven to be so sympathetic together with that of Steve Lacy: a preference for disparate musical elements standing next to one another, for melodies that often climb through the changes using a tritone as a crutch. "This live recorded performance brings Nabatov, the composer, to the top."
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Liner Notes by Ulrich Kurth, cf. also information from HatHut Records ( memento of the original from June 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b Review by Glenn Astarita in All About Jazz
- ↑ a b Review of Bill Bennett's album in JazzTimes
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Simon-Nabatov-Trio-Sneak-Preview/release/2097383
- ↑ Review of Steve Loewy's album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved May 15, 2015.
