PMR-010 "Ed Bickert" ©
1976
Also known as "At Last"
Ed Bickert - Guitar
Don Thompson - Bass
Terry Clarke - Drums
1. Come Rain Or Come Shine (9:42)
Johnny Mercer
and Harold Arlen)
A-M Music/Chappell Music (ASCAP)
2. Where Are You (4:28)
Harold
Adamson and Jimmy McHugh
Leo Feist, Inc. (ASCAP)
3. When Sonny
Gets Blue (5:50)
Jack Segal and Marvin Fisher
Marvin Music Co. (ASCAP)
4. It Might As Well Be Spring (5:50)
Oscar Hammerstein II and
Richard Rodgers
Williamson Music, Inc./Chappell (ASCAP)
5. Nancy With the Laughing
Face ( 4:35)
Phil Silvers and Jimmy Van Heusen
Barton Music Co. (ASCAP)
6. Manha de Carnaval (9:35)
Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George
Weiss
and Luiz Bonfa
Chappell and Co., Inc/Intersong Music (ASCAP)
Recorded live at George's, Toronto,
June 1975
Engineered by Don Thompson
Remixed by Gene Perla
at Red Gate Studio, Kent, New York
Technicl adversary and overseer: Andy Topeka
Illustration by Anne Maria Schnider
Notes by Nighthawk, CBC Jazz Radio Canada,
Jazz Critic Montreal Gazette
Cover design by Anne Maria Schnider
Produced by Gene Perla
Copyright 1976 PM Records |
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Come Rain Or
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| Where Are You |
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| When Sonny Gets Blue |
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It Might As
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Nancy With The
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| Manha de Carnaval |
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It is both relaxing and elegant... His execution is clean without
being flashy and his low-key but evocative solos coupled with the
well-knit rapport of this trio will undoubtedly win new fans.
J.H., Buffalo Jazz Report |
| A recent release titled simply Ed Bickert... is a good example
of Bickert doing what he does best -- stretching his melodic conception
on tasteful, well-written tunes. Old standards are favored, but
good new material is chosen and the tempos are always mixed to keep
things fresh. Overall, this album has a gentle, slowed-down, late-night
feeling.
Backed by bassist Don Thompson and drummer Terry Clarke, Bickert
goes through half a dozen tunes expressed in rich, impossible
chords and phrased in a way that often defies analysis. There
is satisfaction here for both the jazz fan and casual listener.
With "Come Rain Or Come Shine," Bickert folds the melody
in his solo line while Thompson's bass darts around it. For "It
Might As Well Be Spring," a breezy Latinized approach is
taken. The bossa nova "Manha da Carnaval" has Bickert's
often unusual harmonies punctuated by Thompson's strong bass.
Lois Moody, The Citizen |
This album is a must buy for any lover of: a) laid-back jazz;
b) great guitarists; c) subtle music genius... Run, do not walk,
to the store for this.
Mark Allen, What's On |
"Jazz Radio Canada recommended air play album." August 1977 "His
execution IS clean without being flashy and his low-key but evocative
solos coupled with the well-knit rapport of this trio will undoubtedly
win new fans for this guitarist."
Buffalo Jazz Report |
"Ed Bickert strikes another blow for guitar sanity."
Cadence Magazine |
"When I work with Ed, I find myself turning around several times
a night to count the strings on his guitar. . .. how does he get
to play chorus after chorus of chord sequences which could not possibly
sound better on a keyboard? ... this all becomes more impressive
when I ... suddenly realize, between the hypnotized gaze of facination
and the flicker of disbelief, that what I had cherished as a musical
phrase is also totally impossible to play on guitar."
Paul Desmond |
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