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| !:. | . album : Helen 12 Trees . | .:! |
| ::. | artist : Charlie Mariano | .:: |
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| !:. | label : MPS | .:! |
| !:. | cat.nr. : n/a | .:! |
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| !:. | year : 2008 genre : Jazz | .:! |
| ::. | source : CDDA quality : VBRk HQ Joint-Stereo | .:: |
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. Of labels awaiting first-time release on CD, Germany's .
. MPS is the undisputed holy grail. With plans to release .
. fifteen of its 400+ titles in carefully remastered and .
. beautifully designed mini-LP sleeve packages each year, .
. Promising Music is righting a wrong in the best possible .
. way. Always eclectic, MPS ran the gamut from free jazz to .
. fusion and everything in-between, and Promising Music's .
. first six titles demonstrate the full breadth of this .
. historically significant label. .
. .
. Lacking sufficient international distribution, MPS' .
. catalogue was rife with albums deserving but never .
. achieving classics status. The liner notes to Charlie .
. Mariano's Helen 12 Trees describe how two hundred promos .
. were accidentally misdirected, resulting in negligible .
. press and radio coverage. Over three decades later, the .
. woodwind multi-instrumentalist's disc remains as vital .
. and relevant as ever. .
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. Despite bassist Jack Bruce and drummer John Marshall's .
. energetic rhythms, Helen 12 Trees avoids fusion .
. stereotyping. With Polish violinist Zbigniew Seifert and .
. ex-Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboardist Jan Hammer, there's .
. plenty of strength to go alongside Mariano's saxophones, .
. flute and nagaswaramùa South Indian double-reed .
. instrument familiar to fans of bassist Eberhard Weber's .
. Yellow Fields (ECM, 1976), on which Mariano also played. .
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. Mariano's writing approaches electric jazz somewhere .
. between a compositionally focused European classicism and .
. the more visceral, solo-heavy approach taken by artists .
. on the other side of the Atlantic. That said, Bruce, .
. Marshall and percussionist Nippy Noya bring out the funk .
. mightily on the brief-yet-episodic title track, with .
. Hammer's guitar-like synth a familiar texture bolstered .
. by Marshall's seamless blend of virtuosity and groove. .
. Mariano's solo heads for the outer limits but, sadly, is .
. never given the chance to fully develop as the song fades .
. at just under five minutes. .
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. Mariano's South Indian interests are given a greater .
. groove on the hypnotically modal "Parvati's Dance," with .
. Bruce demonstrating that his superstar days with Cream .
. were but one facet of his reach, and Seifert justifying .
. his reputation as "the Coltrane of the violin." The brief .
. "Sleep, My Love," finds Mariano and Seifert locked into .
. an impressionistic flute/violin duet, gradually augmented .
. by sonic manipulation that creates a more expansive .
. sounsdcape. "Charlotte," on the other hand, is a more .
. organic, acoustic piano/soprano sax duet that presents an .
. elegant side to Hammer rarely heard at the time. .
. .
. Complex meters abound on Mariano's insistent "Avoid the .
. Year of the Monkey," while the equally propulsive .
. "Neverglades Pixie" features both Mariano and Seifert in .
. powerfully expressionistic form, proving it's possible to .
. swing over a rock beat. But it's Hammer's dichromatic .
. "Thorn of a White Rose," with brief but compelling solos .
. traded between Seifert, Hammer and Mariano, where the .
. tragedy of the violinist's passing in 1979 at the age of .
. 33 is hammered home. .
. .
. This long overdue reissue of Helen 12 Trees may finally .
. afford it the acclaim it deserves. While fusion was .
. taking a decided turn towards excess in North America, .
. Mariano proved that it could be a more all-encompassing .
. term, incorporating elements of South Indian music, .
. classical impressionism and sophisticated jazz harmonies .
. alongside potent, rock-based grooves and concise but .
. muscular soloing. .
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| !:. | 04 04:32 Thorn Of A White Rose | .:! |
| !:. | 05 07:12 Neverglades Pixie | .:! |
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