Transformation (Don Preston album)

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Transformation
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Studio album by Don Preston Trio
Released March 13, 2001 (2001-03-13)
Recorded June 10, 2000
Genre Jazz
Length68:45
Label Cryptogramophone
CG107
Producer Jeff Gauthier
Don Preston Trio chronology
Music from Blood Diner & Other Films
(2000)Music from Blood Diner & Other Films2000		Transformation
(2001)		Transcendence
(2002)Transcendence2002

Transformation is an album by American keyboardist Don Preston which was released in March 2001 on the Cryptogramophone label. [1]

Don Preston American musician

Donald Ward Preston is an American jazz and rock keyboardist.

Cryptogramophone Records is a jazz record label formed in 1998 by violinist Jeff Gauthier to document the music of his friend, Eric von Essen.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Rick Anderson awarded the album 4½ stars out of 5, stating "as outside as he gets, he never fully departs from a jazz feel -- that's partly due to the texture of the piano trio, and partly due, one suspects, to the fact that that's where his heart truly is. This is not, for the most part, easily accessible music, but it will richly reward anyone who makes an effort to approach it". [2] JazzTimes' Bill Shoemaker noted "the opportunity to hear him ruminate in a trio setting on Transformation, revisiting choice moments of past weirdness and glory, as well as dig into original works and unlikely standards, is not to be missed". [3]

JazzTimes is an American magazine devoted to jazz. Published 10 times a year, it was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1970 by Ira Davidson Sabin (1928–2018) as a newsletter called Radio Free Jazz. Sabine founded Radio Free Jazz to complement his Washington, D.C. record store that he founded in 1962. As a newsletter, it informed consumers of the latest jazz releases and provided jazz broadcasters with news and backstories related to playlists.

Track listing

All compositions by Don Preston except as indicated

  1. "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbeque" (Frank Zappa) - 6:08
  2. "Walking Batteriewoman" (Carla Bley) - 7:39
  3. "Inner Blues" - 7:05
  4. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 10:50
  5. "The Lind Sonata"- 10:16
  6. "Ode to the Flower Maiden" (John Carter) - 7:51
  7. "The Donkey" (Bley) - 4:17
  8. "Transformation" (Carter) - 6:00
  9. "The Prehistoric Eons" - 8:34

Personnel

Alex Cline is an American jazz drummer.

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References

  1. ↑ Crypotogramophone album entry, accessed August 19, 2014
  2. 1 2 Anderson, Rick. "Transformation - Don Preston Trio". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  3. ↑ Shoemaker, B., JazzTimes review, May 2001
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