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Emergence (Miroslav Vitous album)

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Released
  
1986

Length
  
53:02

Artist
  
Miroslav Vitouš

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
September 1985

Emergence (1985)
  
Atmos (1992)

Release date
  
1986

Label
  
ECM Records

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Similar
  
Miroslav Vitouš albums, Jazz albums

Emergence is a solo album by Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš recorded in 1985 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 3 stars stating "Emergence showcases Miroslav Vitouš in a solo bass setting, with no overdubs. It's austere and challenging, but Vitous is never ponderous; he sustains plenty of interest with his passion and staggering technique, dividing his time equally between pizzicato and arco statements... An excellent complement to other solo bass statements on ECM, most notably by Dave Holland and Gary Peacock".

In 2011, Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer used samples of Emergence as the basis for the track "Reemergence" on the remix album Re:ECM.

Track listing

All compositions by Miroslav Vitouš except as indicated
  1. "Epilogue" - 8:13
  2. "Transformation" - 5:58
  3. "Atlantis Suite: Emergence of the Spirit" - 4:53
  4. "Atlantis Suite: Matter and Spirit" - 1:56
  5. "Atlantis Suite: The Choice" - 1:58
  6. "Atlantis Suite: Destruction Into Energy" - 3:05
  7. "Wheel of Fortune (When Face Gets Pale)" - 6:08
  8. "Regards to Gershwin's Honeyman" - 3:28
  9. "Alice in Wonderland" (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard) - 3:43
  10. "Morning Lake for Ever" - 5:34
  11. "Variations on Spanish Themes" - 8:38
  • Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in September 1985
  • Personnel

  • Miroslav Vitouš — double bass
  • Songs

    1Epilogue8:13
    2Transformation5:59
    3Atlantis Suite: Emergence of the Spirit4:54

    References

    Emergence (Miroslav Vitous album) Wikipedia