Tangents (album)

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Studio album by
Gary Peacock Trio
ReleasedJune 9, 2017
RecordedMay, 2016
StudioAuditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano
GenreJazz
Length53:04
LabelECM
2533
ProducerManfred Eicher
Gary Peacock chronology
Now This
(2014) 		Now This
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz4.5/5 stars[1]
The Irish Times4/5 stars[2]
Jazz Forum5/5 stars[3]
PopMatters6/10 stars[4]
RTÉ.ie4/5 stars[5]
The Times3/5 stars[6]
Tom HullB+[7]

Tangents is a studio album by American jazz bassist Gary Peacock recorded in Switzerland in 2016 together with pianist Marc Copland and drummer Joey Baron.[8][9] This is Peacock's final studio album as a leader; he composed five of the eleven tracks.

Reception[]

Britt Robson of JazzTimes stated "That ambiance of received wisdom, of patient certainty, permeates Tangents."[10] Cormac Larkin in his review for The Irish Times mentioned, "A set of mostly Peacock compositions – with Alex North’s love theme from Spartacus and Miles Davis’s classic Blue in Green thrown in for good measure – veers from ruminative abstraction to tender lyricism to joyous swing without losing the intense focus of three old hands, masters of their respective instruments, who have the courage and the humility to let the music decide where it wants to go."[2] Karl Ackermann of All About Jazz added, "At eighty-two years of age, one need only listen to "Rumblin'" to hear Peacock solo like the ageless wonder that he is."[1]

Derek Taylor of Dusted wrote, "The band’s second date for ECM, Tangents is right on par with the first in presenting each of the three players in the best possible setting, acoustically and creatively. Copland and Baron are significantly younger than their employer and colleague, but seniority registers little if no meaning in the context of music as ageless as this. Peacock is careful not to allow any of the eleven pieces to gather any figurative moss or collected dust. His warm and responsive strings are central in the sound spectrum with frequent solos that fold seamlessly into the trajectories of the tunes without disrupting the flow. Copland and Baron are just as centered..."[11]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Contact"Gary Peacock6:39
2."December Greenwings"Gary Peacock4:50
3."Tempei Tempo"Gary Peacock4:10
4."Cauldron"Joey Baron2:29
5."Spartacus"Alex North5:10
6."Empty Forest"Joey Baron, Marc Copland, Gary Peacock7:11
7."Blue in Green"Miles Davis4:42
8."Rumblin'"Gary Peacock4:07
9."Talkin' Blues"Marc Copland4:04
10."In and Out"Joey Baron2:52
11."Tangents"Gary Peacock6:50
Total length:53:04

Personnel[]

  • Gary Peacock – double-bass
  • Marc Copland – piano
  • Joey Baron – drums

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b ACKERMANN, KARL (August 28, 2017). "Gary Peacock Trio: Tangents". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Cormac (30 August 2017). "Gary Peacock Trio review: Jazz masters move through the gears". The Irish Times. irishtimes.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. ^ Kałużny, Piotr (25 July 2020). "Tangents | Jazz Forum". Jazz Forum (in Polish). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  4. ^ Layman, Will (26 September 2017). "Gary Peacock Trio: Tangents". PopMatters. popmatters.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  5. ^ Kehoe, Paddy (6 Sep 2017). "Gary Peacock Trio - Tangents". RTE. rte.ie. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. ^ Pearson, Chris (22 September 2017). "Jazz review: Gary Peacock Trio: Tangents". The Times. thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  7. ^ Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Gary Peacock". tomhull.com. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Gary Peacock Trio / Gary Peacock Tangents". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  9. ^ "TANGENTS: GARY PEACOCK TRIO". ECM Records. ecmrecords.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  10. ^ Robson, Britt (31 October 2017). "Gary Peacock Trio: Tangents (ECM) Review of trio album from renowned bassist". Jazz Times. JazzTimes. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  11. ^ Taylor, Derek (11 September 2017). "Gary Peacock – Tangents (ECM)". Dusted. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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