Marc Johnson - ECM Touchtones: Bass Desires
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Artist: Marc JohnsonEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-08-26
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
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Music Review: Must have ECM classic
Rating: 5 Stars
Brilliant bassist ,Marc Johnson combines with Peter Erskine,John Scofield and Bill Frisell in this ECM classic. Each player is at the height of their power. John Scofields solos on Samurai Hee-Haw and Mojo Highway are masterfull while Bill Frisell contributes some beautiful textural playing .
Description of ECM Touchtones: 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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