Released 1991 Live at the Village Vanguard
(1990) Maroons
(1991) Label DIW Records Producers Geri Allen, Charlie Haden | Length 46:25 Release date 1991 Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded December 21 & 22, 1990
Village Vanguard, NYC Artists Paul Motian, Charlie Haden, Geri Allen Similar Paul Motian albums, Jazz albums | ||
Live at the Village Vanguard is a live album by pianist Geri Allen, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian recorded in 1990 and released on the Japanese DIW label.
Contents
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Live at the Village Vanguard is a good CD musically, but there's not much jump-up factor here -- it's moody and very bluesy in feeling if not actual form, almost like chamber jazz at times. The very compressed, muted recorded sound doesn't alleviate the somber aspect of the listening experience any, but jazz is about capturing the moment. And those were the moments, emotional and musical, caught by these three master musicians on those two December nights".
Track listing
All compositions by Geri Allen except as indicated
- "A Prayer for Peace" – 6:32
- "Obtuse Angles" – 6:07
- "It Should Have Happened a Long Time Ago" (Paul Motian) - 7:11
- "For Turiya" (Charlie Haden) - 1:01
- "Fiasco" (Motian) - 8:23
- "In the Year of the Dragon" (Motian) - 7:41
- "Vanguard Blues" (Haden) - 7:43
- "Mumbo Jumbo" (Motian) - 9:28
- "Song for the Whales" (Haden) - 7:59
Personnel
Songs
1A Prayer for Peace6:32
2Obtuse Angles6:07
3It Should Have Happened a Long Time Ago7:12