Annette (album)

Annette
Studio album by Paul Bley
Released 1993
Recorded April 12-14, 1992
Radio Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Genre Jazz
Length 64:50
Label hat ART 6118
Producer Peter Schulze & Volker Steppat
Paul Bley chronology

Mindset
(1992)		 Annette
(1992)		 Caravan Suite
(1992)

Annette is an album by Paul Bley with Franz Koglmann and Gary Peacock recorded in Germany in 1992 and released on the hat ART label in 1993.[1] The album features compositions by Annette Peacock.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [2]
The Guardian [3]

The Independent review by Richard Williams noted "Bley has been exploring the likes of 'Blood', 'Touching' and 'Mister Joy' for most of his long career, but still manages to find something new within their strange, elliptical, allusive contours".[4] Thom Jurek of AllMusic states, "With this album, the trio of Bley, Peacock, and Koglmann has created more than just a tribute to a great if nearly completely unknown artist -- it has offered a look deep inside the musical psyche of a true original".[2] The Guardian review by John Fordham awarded the album 3 stars observing "Bley's unplugged trio – with Austrian trumpeter Franz Koglmann and Annette Peacock's first husband Gary Peacock on bass – doesn't mimic or cover its subject's work. Instead, it takes up the free-improv invitation of her melancholy, minor-key miniatures... Peacock's avant-pop connections, however, shouldn't fool anyone into thinking this is anything other than a mostly low-key, acoustic free-jazz conversation".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Annette Peacock except as indicated

  1. "Touching (Take 1)" - 5:51
  2. "El Cordobes" - 8:31
  3. "Cartoon" - 6:26
  4. "Albert's Love Theme" - 3:46
  5. "Kid Dynamite" - 4:26
  6. "Miracles" - 6:47
  7. "Blood (Take 1)" - 5:03
  8. "Annette" (Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Franz Koglmann) - 6:26
  9. "Both" - 4:26
  10. "Blood (Take 2)" - 2:46
  11. "Mister Joy" - 8:37
  12. "Touching (Take 2)" - 1:45

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Hat Hut Records catalog, accessed July 16, 2014
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jurek, T., Allmusic Review accessed July 16, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fordham, J., The Guardian Review January 14, 2011
  4. ↑ Williams, R., The Independent Review November 28, 1993