Orbit (Brown/Mazzola/Geisser album)

Orbit
Studio album by Rob Brown, Guerino Mazzola, Heinz Geisser
Released 1997
Recorded October 19 & 20, 1996
The Studio, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 71:04
Label Music & Arts
Producer Heinz Geisser, Guerino Mazzola
Rob Brown chronology

Blink of an Eye
(1997)
Orbit
(1997)
Scratching the Surface
(1998)

Orbit is a collaborative album by American jazz saxophonist Rob Brown and the Swiss duo composed of pianist Guerino Mazzola and percussionist Heinz Geisser. It was recorded in 1996 and released on the Music & Arts label.[1] Mazzola and Geisser worked together since 1994, before this album they played as a trio of similar instrumentation with Swiss saxophonist Mathias Rissi instead of Brown.[2]

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "This is a set that grows in interest with each listen but falls short of being essential despite the obvious talents of the musicians."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Geisser/Mazzola
  1. "Boarding" – 4:02
  2. "Vision One" – 3:59
  3. "Vision Two" – 14:36
  4. "Vision Five" – 3:03
  5. "Superclusters" – 20:05
  6. "Bela's Dream" – 7:49
  7. "Bungy Jump" – 17:30

Personnel

References

  1. Orbit at Music and Arts
  2. Original liner notes by Scott Fields
  3. Yanow, Scott. Rob Brown – Orbit: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2014.