Open Secrets (album)

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Open Secrets
Peter Kowald Open Secrets.jpg
Studio album by
Peter Kowald
Released1988
RecordedJanuary 1988
StudioFMP Studio, Berlin
Genre Free jazz
Label FMP
FMP 1190
FMP CD 132
Producer Jost Gebers

Open Secrets is a solo bass album by Peter Kowald. It was recorded in January 1988 at the FMP Studio in Berlin, and was released on LP later that year by the FMP label. [1] [2] FMP reissued the album on CD in 2008. [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album "a remarkable record," noting that it "makes a steady progress through areas that sound predetermined but which are encountered according to chance-driven logic that throws up challenging transitions and juxtapositions." [4] In a review for All About Jazz , Nic Jones stated that the album "presents the sound of a formidable technician without letting that dubious asset get in the way of musical expression. The results are compelling." [5]

Writing for Point of Departure, Francesco Martinelli described the album as an "exceptional snapshot of [Kowald's] life and art," and commented: "There are so many different things going on on this recording that time flashes by and at the end one cannot wait to hear it again." [6] Bill Meyer of Dusted Magazine wrote: "this record's nine tracks are marvelously focused, the musical ideas succinctly articulated, the soul behind them ever evident." [7] In an article for Paris Transatlantic, Clifford Allen remarked: "Each of these vignettes contains a heavy dose of personality, and you can hear Kowald the human being throughout." [8]

Track listing

All compositions by Peter Kowald.

Side A

  1. "Peek At World" – 6:01
  2. "Languages Differentes" – 5:18
  3. "Vita Povera - Arte No" – 2:36
  4. "El Mismo Rio" – 4:18
  5. "Welt Um (Wale)" – 1:18

Side B

  1. "Open Secrets" – 8:35
  2. "Watu Wote" – 6:34
  3. "Archaion Mellon" – 3:05
  4. "Ima Samu Dessu (Mi Tsu Ni)" – 2:35

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Kowald: Open Secrets". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Peter Kowald: Open Secrets". FMP Records. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Peter Kowald: Open Secrets". AllMusic. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. pp. 633–634.
  5. 1 2 Jones, Nic (April 26, 2009). "Peter Kowald: Open Secrets". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  6. ↑ Martinelli, Francesco. "Peter Kowald: Open Secrets". Point of Departure. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  7. ↑ Meyer, Bill (March 24, 2009). "Dusted Reviews: Peter Kowald: Open Secrets". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  8. ↑ Allen, Clifford (May 2009). "Reviews: More Jazz & Improv". Paris Transatlantic. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
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