| Product Summary | | Label: Omnitone | | UPC: 00686281200324 | | Release Date: 6/15/2000 | | Buy.com Sku: 60410867 | | Item#: MKXC73 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Rhymes ~ Marty Ehrlich's Traveler's Tales |  | | 2. Cry Of, The ~ Marty Ehrlich's Traveler's Tales | | | 3. Malinke's Dance ~ Marty Ehrlich's Traveler's Tales | | | 4. Line On Love ~ Marty Ehrlich's Traveler's Tales | | | 5. Pigskin ~ Marty Ehrlich's Traveler's Tales | | | 6. Tears Of Rage ~ Marty Ehrlich's Traveler's Tales | | | 7. North Star ~ Marty Ehrlich's Traveler's Tales | | | 8. Bright Remembered ~ Marty Ehrlich's Traveler's Tales | | | 9. Willy Whippoorwill Steals A Bow ~ Marty Ehrlich's Traveler's Tales | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | 's Traveler's Tales. | | Marty Ehrlich's Traveler's Tales: Marty Ehrlich (soprano & alto saxophones, flute); Tony Malaby (soprano & tenor saxophones); Jerome Harris (acoustic bass); Bobby Previte (drums). | | Recorded live at the Knitting Factory Old Office, New York, New York from December 9-12, 1999. Includes liner notes by Frank Tafuri. | | Personnel: Marty Ehrlich (flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Tony Malaby (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jerome Harris (acoustic bass); Bobby Previte (drums). | | Liner Note Author: Frank Tafuri. | | Recording information: Knitting Factory (Old Office), New York, NY (12/09/1999-12/12/1999). | | Photographer: Frank Tafuri. | | After a seven-year recording hiatus, Ehrlich's Travelers Tale quartet revives the spirit of that band with new material and a couple of older faves. Fellow saxophonist Tony Malaby, electric bass guitarist Jerome Harris, and drummer Bobby Previte are in the fold for these highlights of a four-day club date at the Knitting Factory/NYC. Except for the Julius Hemphill post-bop cartoonish, off-kilter harmonic line "Pigskin" with Harris's two-note bass and Bob Dylan's pop ballad alto feature for the leader "Tears of Rage," this is a program of Ehrlich's original, modern creative music. A boppish paeon to Ornette Coleman "Rhymes" kicks off the date, with the two saxes separate and equal. "Story" lines from the soprano (Ehrlich)/tenor (Malaby) front lines with an ostinato bass groove weave through the intricate title track for Malinke Elliott, spaced alto and soprano unison lines swim in funky or swinging marinade during a recapitulation of "North Star," while Ehrlich's signature pungent alto leads Malaby's agreeable tenor in the free, open terrain, traded extended lines of "Line on Love." Based on the changes of "I Remember You" is "Bright Remembered," a solo alto line building with bass, then drums popping and swinging on snare as Malaby decides to go for it as well. Ehrlich's most memorable writing is heard on "The Cry Of," as churning hand drums with ostinato bass in measures of repeated five's and four's extend an invitation to Ehrlich's flute and Malaby's tenor in a mysterious Middle Eastern feel, a rather calmed swirling dervish. The familiar but modified "Willy Whippoorwill" tacks on "Steals a Bow," merging from visceral funk to free bridge squawking, a 6/8 counterpoint section, 4/4 unison, and a reggae feel. Ehrlich continues to assert himself as a premier purveyor of current-day jazz, and this is another clear example of his high status in this modern age. Recommended. ~ Michael G. Nastos | | This quartet takes their name from the title of Ehrlich's wonderful 1990 album. It again features a two horn front line, this time with leader Marty Ehrlich joined by Tony Malaby on a variety of saxophones and flutes. Drummer Bobby Previte continues to dazzle with his supple tensions--sometimes driving the rhythm, other times dancing around it. He's joined in the rhythm section by Jerome Harris (who played with Sonny Rollins for years). This set was recorded live over four nights at New York City's Knitting Factory at the end of 1999. The sound is clear, with each instrument nicely separated, but with the ensemble interplay hot and ever present. The seven Ehrlich originals are joined by a fantastic "Pigskin," by Julius Hemphill and the classic "Tears Of Rage," from the Debut album by The Band. Ehrlich is one of the subtly strongest voices to emerge from the cutting edge of jazz in the eighties. |
Producer: Frank Tafuri; Marty Ehrlich |
Engineer: Jon Rosenberg |
Musical Guests | | Jerome Harris | | Bobby Previte |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Abrams, Muhal Richard | | Cyrille, Andrew | | Emery, James | | Spectral Domains ~ Emery, James | | Lindberg, John | | Lindberg, John | | Melford, Myra | | Nock, Mike | | Nock, Mike | | Pavone, Mario |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/05/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2000 | | Catalog ID : 12003 | | Label : Omnitone | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Live | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00686281200324 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | JazzTimes (10/00, p.80)
- "...One of the important jazz composers and creative improvisers in New York....[It] captures a 1999 live performance [and] is the 1st CD from the quartet in 7 years....[it] was worth the wait..." |
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