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Live In Warsaw!
Paul Wertico
Label: IGMOD
Released: 1998
Duration: 54:40
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Tracks
Introduction; Toms For Talia (Drum Intro); Cowboys & Africans; Little "e"; Time For The Blues; Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise; Magical Space; Give The Drummer's Sum (Drum Intro); 8 x 12; Closing Announcements
Personnel
Additional Personnel / Information
Paul Wertico - drums; John Moulder - guitar; Eric Hochberg - bass
Album Description
Poll-winning drummer Paul Wertico, part of the Pat Metheny Group since 1983, launches this album with a six minute solo ("Toms for Talia") that establishes his polyrhythmic artistry before he's joined by bassist Eric Hochberg and guitarist John Moulder, two equally proficient fellow Chicagoans with notable performance credits. Recorded during a 1994 two-week tour of Germany and Poland, this eight-tune Warsaw concert features an array of inspired improvisations that range from hard- edged jazz-rock fusion to supple, melodic motifs underpinned with Wertico's cymbal work. Wertico rhythms and shadings allow this band to communicate cohesively, yet he has the finesse to step aside and allow his colleagues space for some fine solos. Moulder (a Roman Catholic priest!) generates some fiery, hard-edged, blues fused licks on "Time for the Blues," while Hochberg shines on an arco solo on "Cowboys & Africans" and a sublime, unaccompanied pizzicato solo on the ethereal, "Little e." All capable of diverse expressions, these three masters make first-class, modern music together. - JazzTimes
Review
- Live In Warsaw by Ed Kopp