Overpass
Marc Johnson
The eight tracks are generally quite straight-ahead with, interestingly, only the items featuring bowed bass being also the ones with some overdubbing of pizzicato backings. Otherwise, even...
Overpass
Marc Johnson
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The eight tracks are generally quite straight-ahead with, interestingly, only the items featuring bowed bass being also the ones with some overdubbing of pizzicato backings. Otherwise, even...
About
With Overpass, Marc Johnson makes a decisive and intriguing contribution to ECM's solo bass tradition.
Johnson's experiments with the bass and its potential as a lead voice began during his tenure with the Bill Evans Trio, where his nightly solo feature on "Nardis", Miles Davis's tune, inspired him to new ideas. "Nardis" is revisited on this studio album recorded in Sao Paulo, Brazil, alongside Alex North's "Love Theme from Spartacus" (another Evans Trio favourite), Eddie Harris's "Freedom Jazz Dance" and five Johnson originals including "Samurai Fly", a recasting of "Samurai Hee-Haw", which Marc previously recorded for ECM with his Bass Desires band and with the John Abercrombie Trio.
Marc Johnson: double bass
Contents and tracklist
- Marc Johnson (doublebass)
- Recorded: 2018-02-06
- Recording Venue: Nacena Studios, São Paulo
- Marc Johnson (doublebass)
- Recorded: 2018-02-06
- Recording Venue: Nacena Studios, São Paulo
- Marc Johnson (doublebass)
- Recorded: 2018-02-06
- Recording Venue: Nacena Studios, São Paulo
- Marc Johnson (doublebass)
- Recorded: 2018-02-06
- Recording Venue: Nacena Studios, São Paulo
- Marc Johnson (doublebass)
- Recorded: 2018-02-06
- Recording Venue: Nacena Studios, São Paulo
- Marc Johnson (doublebass)
- Recorded: 2018-02-06
- Recording Venue: Nacena Studios, São Paulo
- Marc Johnson (doublebass)
- Recorded: 2018-02-06
- Recording Venue: Nacena Studios, São Paulo
- Marc Johnson (doublebass)
- Recorded: 2018-02-06
- Recording Venue: Nacena Studios, São Paulo
Awards and reviews
October 2021
The eight tracks are generally quite straight-ahead with, interestingly, only the items featuring bowed bass being also the ones with some overdubbing of pizzicato backings. Otherwise, even those that are moody rather than jazzy are played with conventional means, and the two standards manage to incorporate backing and improv simultaneously.
December 2021
Aside from its inherent strengths, quiet beauties and technical assurance, veteran bassist Marc Johnson’s new solo bass project assumes its place in a lofty—and necessarily deep-toned— label legacy.
