Mock-Lo-Motion

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Mock-Lo-Motion
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Live album by
Released1995
RecordedMay 7 & 13, 1995
VenueA-Trane in Berlin and Chorus in Lausanne, Germany
Genre Jazz
Length57:39
Label TCB
TCB 95552
Producer TCB Music
George Gruntz chronology
Big Band Record
(1994)
Mock-Lo-Motion
(1995)
Sins'n Wins'n Funs
(1996)

Mock-Lo-Motion is a live album by pianist and composer George Gruntz's Trio with special guest trumpeter Franco Ambrosetti which was recorded in Germany in 1995 and released on the TCB label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Gruntz has an original piano style within the modern mainstream of jazz, with his own fresh chord voicings ... A fine effort". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by George Gruntz except where noted

  1. "Mock-Lo-Motion" – 10:34
  2. "You Should Know By Now" – 9:55
  3. "One for Kids" – 8:36
  4. "Annalisa" (Franco Ambrosetti) – 11:58
  5. "Giuseppi's Blues" (Mike Richmond) – 5:16
  6. "Vodka-Pentatonic" (Ambrosetti) – 11:20

Personnel

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References

  1. Discogs album entry accessed June 28, 2018
  2. Franco Ambrosetti discography: album details accessed June 28, 2018
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. George Gruntz Trio: Mock-Lo-Motion – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 28, 2018.