Marc Johnson - Bass Desires
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Artist: Marc JohnsonEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2000-09-12
Music Label: Ecm Records
Soundtracks:
- Samurai Hee-Haw
- Resolution
- Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
- Bass Desires
- A Wishing Doll
- Mojo Highway
- Thanks Again
Description of Bass Desires
TOUCHSTONES: From ECM's 40 Year History. Specially-priced & newly-packaged! The debut of Bass Desires - one of ECM s most successful and short-lived bands. A true collaborative of four outstanding musical thinkers/leaders.Bass Desires has become a recurring concept since this 1985 date, when it was merely the title of a CD and not a band. But the two-guitar quartet has a special appeal to bassist-leader Marc Johnson, who's joined here by drummer Peter Erskine and celebrated guitarists Bill Frisell and John Scofield. A study in the stylistic contrasts and shared values of the two six-stringers, Bass Desires shows off Scofield's linear, rapid-fire and hard-edged attack and Frisell's floating solos that use guitar synth to bend lines with elastic flexibility. Johnson's Japanese-themed "Samurai Hee-Haw" has Scofield tempering his funk with touches of hoedown, while Frisell adds atmospheric waves of sound to the folk ballad "Black Is the Color." Johnson is a superb melodist, apparent particularly in his unaccompanied introduction to the "Resolution" theme from John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, where Johnson's solo space builds toward strong work from both guitarists. All the tunes show thought, with Erskine's title tune setting a slow-moving theme against a fast tempo he and Johnson set down. The group is a format that seems to work for all concerned, with Frisell and Scofield clearly thriving on one another's presence, as well as with the rhythm section. --Stuart Broomer
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