Paul Motian / Chris Potter / Jason Moran - Lost in a Dream (2010) EAC - FLAC - LOG

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Artist: Paul Motian / Chris Potter / Jason Moran
Album: Lost in a Dream
Released: 2010
Label: ECM
Catalog N°: ECM 2128
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Cover: All Cover Hq 300 dpi

FLAC

Track Listings:

Mode VI;
Casino;
Lost In A Dream;
Blue Midnight;
Be Careful It's My Heart;
Birdsong;
Ten;
Drum Music;
Abacus;
Cathedral Song.

Review:

allaboutjazz.comBy John Kelman

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

Though he's led larger ensembles, drummer Paul Motian seems to be most comfortable—or, at the very least, most interested—in working within the particular confines and freedoms of the trio. Whether it's his quarter century old group with guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist Joe Lovano, or the early saxophone/bass/drums trio of Dance (ECM, 1978) and Le Voyage (ECM, 1979), Motian has spent much of his career as a leader exploring a format less intimate than the duo, perhaps, but still small enough a conversational context to allow its participants to speak with a single voice. Lost In A Dream, recorded live at New York's Village Vanguard in the winter of 2009, features a new trio with saxophonist Chris Potter, with whom Motian has worked since 1994, and pianist Jason Moran, whose relationship with the iconic drummer is just beginning.

Being an all-acoustic ensemble, the trio lacks the inherent ethereality of Motian's group with the electrically expansive Frisell, most notably on 2005's I Have the Room Above Her (ECM), but that doesn't mean it can't approach similar rarified atmospheres. Potter may be a firebrand when working with bassist Dave Holland, heard recently on the incendiary The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival, 2009), but here he proves himself as much a master of restraint as Motian, who contributes all but one track to this collection. Potter plays, in fact, with unusual economy and a softer-than-usual timbre, holding off until over 20 minutes into this hour-long set, and the aptly titled "Blue Midnight," before turning up the heat and leaning more towards his typically robust tone and expressionist approach.

The entire set works on an upward trajectory, progressing into increasingly liberated and powerful landscapes. The trio draws on material dating as far back as Voyage, including the free-wheeling "Drum Music" and equally open-ended "Abacus," a solo feature for Motian, whose textural breadth and dynamism continue to evolve, even as he approaches octogenarian status. Motian's newer material leans largely towards the subdued and lyrical, including the closing "Cathedral," where Moran plays with a gentility slightly skewed by his characteristically idiosyncratic tendencies.

Moran's career continues to be a curious one. Since emerging in the late-1990s, his best work has been under the leadership of others, most notably saxophonist Charles Lloyd's Rabo de Nube (ECM, 2008) and reedman Don Byron's Ivey-Divey (Blue Note, 2005). Lost In a Dream demonstrates his specific aptitude as a band member rather than band leader once again, as the pianist provides a shifting harmonic context for this bass-less trio, working beautifully with Motian's in-the-moment layering of percussive colors.

"Casino," the disc's longest track, demonstrates the trio's ability to mine the nuances of Motian's sketch-like writing, while the knotty, rubato "Ten" provides both Moran and Potter the chance to explore greater strength and tensility. Lost In A Dream may be the first salvo from this empathic new trio, but hopefully it won't be the last.

Track listing: Mode VI; Casino; Lost In A Dream; Blue Midnight; Be Careful It's My Heart; Birdsong; Ten; Drum Music; Abacus; Cathedral Song.

Personnel: Chris Potter: tenor saxophone; Jason Moran: piano; Paul Motian: drums.

italia.allaboutjazz.comPaul Motian torna a registrare al Village Vanguard. E lo fa con un trio, formazione che esalta al massimo grado la sua poetica asciutta, spigolosa, immersa nei silenzi. Il gioco trigonometrico che scolpisce e attraversa lo spazio è sempre stato un motivo di stimolo, di riflessione, di approfondimento per il lavoro del batterista. Un'attrazione iniziata con Bill Evans e Scott LaFaro, che poi ha imboccato strade proprie con diverse varianti di organico: il trio con sax e contrabbasso, quello con sax e chitarra, sviluppato a lungo con Bill Frisell e Joe Lovano.

Questa nuova versione strumentale, con Jason Moran al pianoforte e Chris Potter al sax tenore, scandisce una tappa successiva sullo stesso percorso tracciato insieme a Frisell e Lovano. Il pianoforte che subentra alla chitarra definisce un campo timbrico più ristretto, più rigoroso, ma non per questo meno propenso a soluzioni aperte. Anzi, ne guadagna l'aspetto ascetico, scheletrico, enigmatico della musica di Motian, che galleggia senza gravità come tela di ragno.

Molto merito va a un Jason Moran che si pone sulla stessa lunghezza d'onda del batterista, evocando silenzi e tracciando cupe trame enigmatiche, a tratti taglienti e corrosive, a tratti più delicate, ma sempre dense di senso. Lo si ascolti nell'introduzione di "Casino" e insieme al sublime Motian nelle prime battute di "Lost in a Dream".

La musica che ne scaturisce è di altissima suggestione, e il terzo vertice del triangolo, Chris Potter, vi si immerge con forza e imbocca percorsi titanici. Musica che spesso acquista una densità febbrile, come nel caso del duetto tra piano e batteria in "Drum Song," vecchio cavallo di battaglia di Motian. Ma il cui disegno generale resta definito, incisivo come in un'acquaforte, filigranato in senso quasi orientale.

Valutazione: 4.5 stelle

Elenco dei brani:
1. Mode VI; 2. Casino; 3. Lost in a Dream; 4. Blue Midnight; 5. Be Careful It's My Heart; 6. Birdsong; 7. Ten; 8. Drum Music; 9. Abacus; 10. Cathedral Song.
Tutti i brani di Paul Motian, tranne il nr. 5, di Irving Berlin.

Musicisti:
Paul Motian (batteria); Chris Potter (sax tenore); Jason Moran (pianoforte).

EAC LOG

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