Tales of Another

Occupation

• Bass: Gary Peacock
• Piano: Keith Jarrett
• Drums: Jack DeJohnette

Tales of Another is a jazz album by Gary Peacock. The pictures were taken in February 1977 in the Generation Sound Studios, New York City and appeared in the same year on ECM. The recorded with pianist Keith Jarrett and drummer Jack DeJohnette album can be seen as the beginning of the Piano Trio, which became known as Keith Jarrett's "Standards Trio" from the mid- 1980s.

The album

In February 1977, Gary Peacock, Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette were first together to take the Peacock album Tales of Another, Peacocks third album under his own name (after East Ward ( 1970) and Voices (1971 ) with pianist Masabumi Kikuchi ) and its first production for the Munich-based ECM label. Peacock commented later to this occupation: "I knew before is that I Jack [ DeJohnette ] wanted, but about the pianist, I was not sure. At the time I was not privy to and did not know Keith. So I asked Manfred [ Eicher ] if he could send me something about his music. "

According to Uwe Andresen reign in vignette, the first track of the album, " an almost - dark melancholy mood " while Tone Field., " A game with sonic mixtures " was strongly oriented towards the free jazz. In contrast, had to hear " almost classical piano trio" in a Major Major. The three-part trilogy was developing in a " very quiet atmosphere " after innocuous, almost traditional parts to form a " collective flight of fancy. "

After the recordings Peacock spoke to the pianist on a joint tour, but he refused, preferring to concentrate on his solo concerts. Jarrett continued to work with the trio until January 1983 in the two-day standards - session progresses, in which the three ECM albums Standards, Vol 1, Standards, Volume 2 and Changes emerged.

Title of the album

• Gary Peacock - Tales Of Another (ECM Records - ECM 1101)

• All compositions are by Gary Peacock.

Reception

Shortly after its release, the album received positive reviews; Jazz Forum wrote in 1984, top as Belonging with Jan Garbarek (1974 ) or Tales of Another documented the " progressive evolution of the pianist " Jarrett. The album was awarded the Grand Prix Jazz Disc Silver Award of the Japanese Swing Journal.

Uwe Andresen said: " It is striking musical understanding that the musicians muster in this first joint production for each other. " Ian Carr called Tales of Another "one of the great records of the decade, and a blueprint for the Keith Jarrett Trio, the six years later began. " six Peacock compositions straddle formal harmonic structures, modal music and more free improvisioerte areas. "The game of all three is incredible. " The critic of the Peterborough Standard in England wrote: ". Because there are some dark moments, perfectly run and supported emotionally, but the prevailing mood is that of controlled exuberance "

The critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton, reviewed the album with the second highest rating of 3 ½ stars in their Penguin Guide to Jazz, were particularly Peacocks bass playing in vignette and in Trilogy I-III show what bring any claim to silence, this was just another Keith Jarrett album, only generously renamed. Indeed, it is Keith Jarrett's last appearance as a sideman. Of course, the pianist was familiar with Peacocks music; this rule in this work a degree of intuition among the musicians who represented the basis for their subsequent performances standards, but it is unmistakably Peacocks plate.

Scott Yanow awarded the album in Allmusic four ( out of five) stars and pointed out that their support for each other through play and the dense COMMUNICATION each other in these sophisticated improvisation was almost impressive and a good example of Peacocks music is. For Jazz Times (1995 ) Gary Peacock's album was one of the excellent sessions Jarrett as a sideman, despite his singing while playing.

Rez Abbasi wrote in the Jazz Times (2012 ) by Major Major, that Peacock as its composer a " twelve-tone Sensiblität for major triads develop, played over a pedal point ". The resulting piece was amazing, and this session marked a new direction in Peacocks development, promoted through the association with ECM.