Sankt Gerold (album)

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Sankt Gerold
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Live album by
ReleasedOctober 9, 2000 [1]
RecordedApril 1996
Venue Propstei Sankt Gerold
Sankt Gerold, Austria
Genre Jazz
Length67:17
Label ECM
ECM 1609
Producer Manfred Eicher and Steve Lake
Paul Bley chronology
Reality Check
(1994)
Sankt Gerold
(2000)
Out of Nowhere
(1997)

Sankt Gerold is a live album by pianist Paul Bley recorded at the Propstei Sankt Gerold in April 1996 and released on ECM in October 2000. The trio features saxophonist Evan Parker and bassist Barre Phillips. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Tom Hull B+( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "This performance is a watermark in the careers of all three participants and an essential document for the fans of any single member as well as the evolution of the improvising jazz trio." [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Bley, Evan Parker & Barre Phillips except as indicated
  1. "Variation 1" - 10:18
  2. "Variation 2" - 7:16
  3. "Variation 3" (Phillips) - 3:00
  4. "Variation 4" (Parker) - 2:02
  5. "Variation 5" - 6:20
  6. "Variation 6" (Bley) - 3:56
  7. "Variation 7" (Phillips) - 7:13
  8. "Variation 8" - 8:19
  9. "Variation 9" (Bley) - 7:03
  10. "Variation 10" (Parker) - 5:25
  11. "Variation 11" - 4:49
  12. "Variation 12" (Parker) - 1:29

Personnel

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References

  1. ECM discography accessed October 24, 2011
  2. 1 2 Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed October 21, 2011
  3. Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  4. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 142. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.