Miroslav Vitous - Universal Syncopations II
ARTIST.....: Miroslav Vitous
TITLE......: Universal Syncopations II
LABEL......: ECM
URL........: http://www.miroslavvitous.com/
RIP DATE...: Aug-15-2007
STORE DATE.: Jul-20-2007
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 70,9 MB
Track Listing:
01 - opera 11:09
02 - breakthrough 05:27
03 - the prayer 07:01
04 - solar giant 04:40
05 - mediterranean love 05:04
06 - gmoong 06:09
07 - universal evolution 09:02
08 - moment 02:57
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51:29 min
Release Notes:
Review by Alex Henderson
If you ask a group of longtime Mirolav Vitous admirers what
frustrates them the most about his career, many of them will no
doubt respond that they wish he had recorded a lot more often as a
leader. Indeed, Vitous only recorded sporadically as a leader in
the '80s, and the veteran bassist's only '90s date was 1992's
Atmos (which he co-led with saxophonist Jan Garbarek). But the
good news is that while Vitous isn't big on quantity, he is big on
quality. Recorded in 2004 and 2005, Universal Syncopations 2 is
Vitous' sequel to his 2003 release Universal Syncopations. Saying
that this 52-minute CD is a sequel to the first Universal
Syncopations isn't saying that it is a carbon copy of that album;
there is a different cast of players this time, and they include,
among others, trumpeter Randy Brecker, three saxophonists (Bob
Mintzer, Bob Malach and Gary Campbell) and drummer Adam Nussbaum.
Mintzer and Malach, it should be noted, were both greatly
influenced by the distinctive tenor style of Randy Brecker's late
brother Michael Brecker. But Universal Syncopations 2 is not a
tribute to the Brecker Brothers; this album always reflects
Vitous' personality as a bandleader/arranger, but he clearly
welcomes the input of Randy Brecker and the other featured
soloists. The interesting thing is that while Universal
Syncopations 2 stresses ensemble playing and team work, parts of
the album are quite free; this disc offers an inside/outside
perspective, sometimes moving into mildly avant-garde territory
but never favoring outright chaos. A quintessentially ECM
aesthetic is very much at work on this solid effort, which will be
enthusiastically welcomed by those who complain that Vitous hasn't
recorded often enough as a leader.
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