Eberhard Weber - Resume (2012) [Official Digital Download]

Eberhard Weber played hundreds of concerts in his time as a member of the Jan Garbarek Group, and each of them included an extended feature for the bassist alone, often effectively a spontaneous composition rather than a ‘bass solo’ in strict jazz sense. For “Résumé” Weber has returned to recordings of these solo sequences and reworked them into an album with its own sense of flow. The unique sound of Eberhard’s customised electric bass is heard here mostly in the context of his own keyboard settings and treatments, but also augmented by the saxophones and overtone flute of Jan Garbarek (on three tracks) and by the percussion of Michael DiPasqua.

On this ECM release, bassist Eberhard Weber has taken various solo pieces from live performances spanning 17 years with Jan Garbarek, rearranged them, and added other instruments to create new compositions. Since Weber can no longer play bass because of a stroke he suffered in 2007, the method he invokes on Résumé allows him to create new compositions and maintain his pensive creativity. Along with Weber's electric standup bass, keyboards, and electronics, he enlisted the saxophones and flute of Jan Garbarek for the tracks "Tübingen," "Amsterdam," and "Bath," and percussionist Michael DiPasqua on "Bochum" and "Lazise." The live performances originally took place in Germany, Austria, Italy, France, England, the Netherlands, and Chile.

Tracklist:

01 - Liezen
02 - Karlsruhe
03 - Heidenheim
04 - Santiago
05 - Wolfsburg
06 - Amsterdam
07 - Marburg
08 - Tübingen
09 - Bochum
10 - Bath
11 - Lazise
12 - Grenoble

Produced by Manfred Eicher.
Live recordings 1990 – 2007. Engineers: Walter Speckmann and Gert Rickmann-Wunderlich.
Mixed at Studios La Buissonne by Gérard de Haro, Eberhard Weber, Michael DiPasqua and Manfred Eicher.

Musicians:
Eberhard Weber - electric double bass & keyboards
Jan Garbarek - tenor & oprano saxophones
Michael DiPasqua - drums & percussion


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