Released 1998 If Trees Could Fly
(1998) Bass and Cello
(2004) Genre Jazz | Length 53:33 Release date 1998 Label intuition | |
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Recorded November 26, 1996 and June 12, 1997 Studio Current Sounds Studio, New York Artists Marc Johnson, Eric Longsworth Similar Right Brain Patrol, Magic Labyrinth, Shades of Jade, Second Sight, Two by Four | ||
If Trees Could Fly is a studio album by jazz bassist Marc Johnson and cellist Eric Longsworth. The record was released via the Intuition Music label in 1998. The album includes 11 jazz compositions played by bass and cello only.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks written by Marc Johnson and Eric Longsworth.
Credits
Review
There are only two instruments present on If Trees Could Fly: bass and electric cello. This is all: Mr. Johnson on the bass, Mr. Longsworth on the electric cello. The beauty of the music upon this album is the interaction between these two unadorned sounds. The bass typically paints a rolling background, when not off on a rhythmic tangent, and Mr. Johnson is always on top of his craft. So is Mr. Longsworth. The cello is sometimes staccato, sometimes swelling, always precise. The music, of course, is more than the unadorned voices of two men and their instruments. The instrumental record finds a third voice in the mixture and interaction of both the bass and the cello... This album is aptly named—if trees could fly, it would hardly match the musical accomplishment of these two musicians.
Songs
1Rêve-à-ca5:40
2A Blues6:56
3Ton sur ton6:46