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Eberhard Weber: Stages Of A Long Journey
by Alain Londes
On the occasion of his 65th birthday, bassist/composer Eberhard Weber played for two evenings with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and some of his key contemporaries. Scheduling and financial constraints prevented the project from inviting a great number of other musicians including Pat Metheny. Nevertheless, this was a perfect marriage between classical and jazz. Most of the tunes were performed and recorded in the 1970s.A quiet orchestral opening to the majestic “Silent Feet eases into a folksy melodic ...
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by Budd Kopman
The one thing that America can learn from other countries is that art in general, and jazz in particular, is supported in many ways. Jazz is recognized as a vibrant art form and funded at governmental levels and through popular support. Stages Of A Long Journey is a wonderful example, the result of the city of Stuttgart not only supplying the venue but its SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra for concerts held in honor of bassist Eberhard Weber's sixty-fifth birthday in ...
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by Jerry D'Souza
Eberhard Weber has had a distinguished career as a bassist. He pioneered the use of electronics with the bass, and while that enhanced the dimension and the dynamic, he did not let it obscure the harmony and sensibility of his music.
Weber turned 65 in 2005. His birthday was celebrated in Stuttgart with two concerts, recorded for posterity, and for some fascinating and intensely pleasing listening.
Weber has played with several exemplary musicians over the years ...
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by John Kelman
If there's any lesson to be learned from Eberhard Weber's Stages of a Long Journey, it's this: just because you don't doesn't mean you can't. A career-spanning retrospective of his own most enduring compositions expanded, in some cases, to include a symphony orchestra, the bassist delivers more than a few surprises. Naysayers only cursorily familiar with Weber's ECM discography--largely defined by improvisation based firmly on defined structure living somewhere between the jazz vernacular and European classicism--often operate under the misconception ...
Continue ReadingEberhard Weber: Rarum XVIII: Selected Recordings
by Michael P. Gladstone
After checking my LP collection, I learn that I have seven Eberhard Weber albums from 1973 through 1980. I'm pretty sure that Colours of Chloë was the very first ECM album that I purchased, and it was simply on an aesthetic basis. The album was a complete tabula rasa with clean yet austere packaging, unknown musicians and the promise of a new musical experience. All of the above clicked and I was a stalwart fan of ECM for many years ...
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by AAJ Staff
In his long-awaited followup to his 1993 solo Pendulum, Eberhard Weber has turned the tables from studio-edit solo improv work to notated small-group composition. Weber's distinctive sound on the upright electric bass earned him a distinct following, especially among fans of understated projects like his late '70s group Colours. His sidemen on Endless Days include musicians he's played with for decades, so naturally there's a strong sense of cohesion. One has the sense that when Weber composed these parts, he ...
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by C. Andrew Hovan
To put it quite simply, this is a very important release and for many reasons. Foremost, it’s Eberhard Weber’s first date as a leader in some seven years. In addition, it’s probably his most realized group effort to date, taking advantage of his mature writing style and the past track record he shares with the musicians involved. Multi-instrumentalist Paul McCandless is, of course, one of the founding fathers of the group Oregon, with pianist Rainer Bruninghaus a regular of Weber’s ...
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