John Law - Re-Creations Vol.3
John Law
At first hearing, you may possibly be more confused than John Law, who grabs all this material and more, and adapts it to his own ends. The techniques employed vary from track to track, sometimes...
John Law - Re-Creations Vol.3
John Law
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At first hearing, you may possibly be more confused than John Law, who grabs all this material and more, and adapts it to his own ends. The techniques employed vary from track to track, sometimes...
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Volume 3 of pianist John Law's Re-Creation Series. Featuring Sam Crockatt on saxophones, bassist James Agg and Billy Weir on drums. <p>Recorded at Artesuono, by ECM engineer Stefano Amerio, this quartet recording starts with a gentle drum and bass version of Satie's "Gymnopdie" and closes with John Lennon's "Imagine". In-between there are classic jazz and pop tunes creatively rearranged, including a baroque re-working of "Summertime", a multi-layered, shimmering take on "Over The Rainbow", an outer world version of Radiohead's "Pyramid Song" and a schizophrenic, rollercoaster ride through the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", alternating Latin lounge with wild swing and freely improvised blowing! <p>The whole recording is mixed immaculately at the world-famous Real World Studio.
Contents and tracklist
- Sam Crockatt
- Sam Crockatt
Awards and reviews
February 2020
At first hearing, you may possibly be more confused than John Law, who grabs all this material and more, and adapts it to his own ends. The techniques employed vary from track to track, sometimes changing the time-signature or adding what seems an irregular ostinato, and only infrequently altering chord-sequences.
