Eberhard Weber - Encore (2015) [Official Digital Download]

"Encore" is a companion volume to "Résumé", the widely-praised 2012 solo album from bassist Eberhard Weber. Unable to play bass anymore due to a stroke he suffered in 2007, Weber pored over the many live recordings made between 1990 and 2007 during his tenure with the Jan Garbarek Group. He isolated his unique electric bass solos from shows in 13 European cities and meticulously edited, rearranged and modified them with additional keyboard parts he played himself. He put the finishing touches on the material joined by an old friend, Dutch trumpeter and flugelhorn player Ack van Rooyen, who played on Weber’s album "The Colours of Chloë" more than 40 years ago.

"I became what you might call a composer of New Music", says Weber, "with the proviso that I make use of old things". This time he has a special guest in veteran Dutch flugelhorn player Ack van Rooyen, who played on Weber's ECM leader debut 'The Colours of Chloë' (8333312), recorded in 1973. Van Rooyen now adds his own subtle colours to Weber's contemporary sound-montages. The bass solos were recorded between 1990 and 2007 in thirteen European cities from Edinburgh to Seville, and the music was mixed and edited at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France in November 2014.

The process of remoulding solos from the past to make music in the present is an unconventional one but its potential was evident already on 'Résumé'. In Jazz Journal Michael Tucker described that disc as 'music of dark and deep yet also rhythmically engaging, at times even playful substance. Featuring judicious use of digital delay and loops, and with diversely unfolding and layered pizzicato and arco motifs offering what registers throughout as mythopoetically-charged melody, the meta-music that is 'Résumé' is perhaps the most thoroughly arresting of all the albums Weber has made.' 'Encore' - issued in Eberhard Weber's 75th year - carries its momentum forward.

Tracklist:

01 - Frankfurt
02 - Konstanz
03 - Cambridge
04 - Rankweil
05 - Langenhagen
06 - Granada
07 - Sevilla
08 - London
09 - Klagenfurt
10 - Bradford
11 - Edinburgh
12 - Hannover
13 - Pamplona

Produced by Manfred Eicher.
Live recordings 1990-2007. Engineers: Walter Speckmann, Gert Rickmann-Wunderlich.
Mixed and edited at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines by Gérard de Haro and Sun Chung.

Musicians:
Eberhard Weber - electric double bass, keyboards
Ack Van Rooyen - flugelhorn


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