Lift & Poise

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Lift & Poise
Lift & Poise cover.jpg
Studio album by
Pandelis Karayorgis, Mat Maneri
Released1998
RecordedDecember 23, 26, 27 & 28, 1996; January 8, 1997
Studio Cambridge, Massachusetts
Genre Jazz
Length55:11
Label Leo
Producer Pandelis Karayorgis, Leo Feigin
Pandelis Karayorgis chronology
Lines
(1995)		Lift & Poise
(1998)		 Heart and Sack
(1998)
Mat Maneri chronology
Acceptance
(1998)		Lift & Poise
(1998)		Fifty-One Sorrows
(1999)

Lift & Poise, subtitled 12 Improvised Movements, is an album by jazz pianist Pandelis Karayorgis and violinist Mat Maneri, which was recorded between 1996 and 1997 and released on Leo Lab, a sublabel of Leo Records. Karayorgis and Maneri play duo and solo free improvisations, as well as trio improvisations with Joe Maneri on clarinet and John Lockwood on bass. The leaders' two solo pieces take their names from the American painter Cy Twombly and a detail of one of his paintings is on the album's cover. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy states "At times mournful, at others suspenseful, Lift & Poise is a performance that requires concentrated listening... A set to be savored, even cherished." [2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "There are 12 tracks, divided into solo, duo and trio pieces, exploring a range of sonorities and improvising languages, ranging from the quasi‑classical to the free‑form and brutalist." [3]

The JazzTimes review by Harvey Pekar says "Much of Lift & Poise contains relaxed, thoughtful and sometimes pointillistic collective improvising. Mat and Karayorgis listen closely to each other, playing in registers that do not conflict; you can hear and follow them easily and they complement each other beautifully." [4]

Track listing

  1. "Apollo I" (P. Karayorgis - M. Maneri) – 4:39
  2. "In This Language" (P. Karayorgis - M. Maneri, J. Maneri) – 5:14
  3. "Apollo II" (P. Karayorgis - M. Maneri) – 1:22
  4. "Rotation" (P. Karayorgis, M. Maneri, J. Lockwood) – 3:48
  5. "Lift & Poise" (P. Karayorgis, M. Maneri) – 5:12
  6. "Twomblying I" (P. Karayorgis) – 3:42
  7. "Twomblying II" (M. Maneri) – 6:00
  8. "Aspirates" (P. Karayorgis, M. Maneri, J. Lockwood) – 6:18
  9. "Apollo III" (P. Karayorgis, M. Maneri) – 3:25
  10. "Saying Love" (P. Karayorgis, M. Maneri, J. Maneri) – 3:51
  11. "Silent Dog" (P. Karayorgis, M. Maneri, J. Lockwood) – 6:04
  12. "Submerged Song" (P. Karayorgis, M. Maneri) – 5:32

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Lift & Poise at Pandelis Karayorgis
  2. 1 2 Loewy, Steve. Pandelis Karayorgis – Lift & Poise: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 809. ISBN   0141034017.
  4. ↑ Pekar, Harvey. Lift & Poise review at JazzTimes
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