| The first anthology of the work of Michael Mantler, “Review” features material chosen by the trumpeter/composer, and draws upon more than 30 years of recordings for JCOA, WATT and ECM. It is a powerful album, which traces a unique musical path.
After studying trumpet and musicology in Vienna, Michael Mantler (born 1943) moved to Boston in 1962 to continue his education at the Berklee School. Within two years he was living in New York, playing with Cecil Taylor, and at the heart of new jazz activities. With Taylor, Bill Dixon, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, Paul Bley, John Tchicai and others he was a member of the Jazz Composer’s Guild, and beneath its umbrella founded, with Carla Bley, the Jazz Composer’s Orchestra, the first large ensemble of its kind. At 25, Mantler wrote extraordinary orchestral frames, “to complement, surround, and inspire (but not to control or restrict) some of the truly great and original improvisers of free jazz”. On “Preview”, from 1968, we hear Pharoah Sanders soloing explosively in what is certainly one of his most astonishing performances on record. |
ARTISTS
Robert Wyatt: voice
Susi Hyldgaard: voice, accordion
Michael Mantler: trumpet
Bjarne Roupé: guitar
Per Salo: piano
Mona Larsen: voice
Kim Kristensen: piano, synthesizers
Jack Bruce: voice
Per Jørgensen: voice
Don Preston: voice, synthesizers
John Greaves: voice, bass
Karen Mantler: voice, piano
Alexander Balanescu: violin
Rick Fenn: guitar
Marianne Faithfull: voice
Nick Mason: drums
Mike Stern: guitar
Carla Bley: piano, synthesizers, voice
Steve Swallow: bass
Larry Coryell: guitar
Tony Williams: drums
Kevin Coyne: voice
Chris Spedding: guitar
Ron McClure: bass
Terje Rypdal: guitar
Jack DeJohnette: drums
Don Cherry: trumpet
Pharoah Sanders: tenor saxophone |