a r t i s t : Bugge Wesseltoft
t i t l e : Playing
d a t e : 2009
l a b e l : Jazzland
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Feb/2009
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 67,5 MB
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Bugge Wesseltoft, Jazzman for all seasons, returns with his
follow-up to his first solo masterpiece, "IM".
After a year spent touring the globe to great success,
"Playing" is an album of rich sound, texture and colour that
showcases his more lighthearted "trickster" side after the
deep intensity of its predecessor.
Contemplative piano solo pieces like the title track "Playing"
and "Talking To MySelf" (Parts 1 & 2) gracefully glide between
playful original compositions like "Singing" and "Hands", both
featuring vocals by Bugge himself, in the traditions of
"Somewhere In Between" and "Come On Buddy (You Got Green
Light)". "Hands" propels a blues groove through John Cage's
music room on a journey to Professor Longhair's lunar New
Orleans - "OH YEAH!"
The willingness to embrace technology as part of the solo
pianist's armory is apparent throughout, but makes a dramatic
appearance in Bugge's unique rendering of the Dave Brubeck
classic "Take Five", turning a jazz standard into a
psychedelic dub in a time tunnel!
The centrepiece of the album is the two-part "Talking To
Myself", a truly remarkable diptych spanning over 20 minutes.
The two pieces display Bugge's remarkable skill with the pure
and unadorned acoustic piano, and are intense while remaining
accessible. Possibly some of the most beautiful music Bugge
has ever produced.
Making its presence felt is Bugge's love of percussion in the
form of "My House": but not percussion in any conventional
sense - the piano IS the drum: looping electronics in a
full-on groove, complete with space-dub atmospherics beamed
directly from inside the piano travel directly from the ears
to the feet.
The album closes with a contemplative solo piano take on Jimmy
Cliff's classic "Many Rivers to Cross", a perfect end not only
to the album, but any busy or fun-filled day in the life of an
inhabitant of this loony no-time-to-stop modern world.
"Playing", the latest classic by Bugge Wesseltoft, and brought
to you by Jazzland Recordings: absolutely essential!
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01-Playing [05:38]
02-Dreaming [06:21]
03-Singing [05:47]
04-Take 5 [05:34]
05-Talking to Myself Part 1 [13:00]
06-Talking to Myself Part 2 [07:07]
07-Rytme [04:47]
08-Hands [05:21]
09-Many Rivers to Cross [04:03]
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57:38 min