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Dig My Trane (Coltrane's  Vanguard Years)

George Gruntz - NDR Bigband - Tom Rainey

Dig My Trane (Coltrane's Vanguard Years)

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Format: CD
Label: TCB The Montreux Jazz Label
UPC: 0725095311021
Catnr: TCB 31102
Release date: 25 May 2012
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TCB The Montreux Jazz Label
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0725095311021
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TCB 31102
Release date
25 May 2012
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Evidenced throughout Dig My Trane, Gruntz’s ironclad commitment to Coltrane music is equal to the breadth of his musical intelligence; this special combination guides his conducting and arranging of nine Coltrane originals and two other songs of the early-1960s that are identified with the great saxophonist. His fond endorsement of what he calls Coltrane’s “standard period” comes through crystal-clear via his sharp, painterly eye for combining or breaking down instruments and sections, his ordering of soloists, his blends of sectional colors, and his use of dynamics. Unlike many gifted musicians who stumble when visiting sacred jazz ground due to stifling rectitude or self-conceit, Gruntz and the expert players of the NDR Big Band take delight in interpreting Coltrane music with humility and risk-taking that surely touches the minds and hearts of listeners.
Zahlreiche Versuche, Coltrane´s Erbe in der eigenen musikalischen Arbeit wahrzunehmen, zu verarbeiten und zu interpretieren, sind schon gescheitert. Sei es, weil man kopieren wollte (was von vornherein unmöglich ist), sei es, weil man meinte den Coltrane´schen Kosmos umfassend begriffen zu haben, oder weil einem die technischen Mittel nicht zur Verfügung standen. George Gruntz wagte es trotzdem, wobei das Wagnis angesichts eines mit hervorragenden Solisten besetzten Ensembles wie der NDR Big Band überschaubarer bleibt. Seine Art des Arrangierens, der Planung von Solo-Abläufen, seine Fähigkeit, Dynamik zu strukturieren: George Gruntz beweist auch mit dieser Aufnahme, dass er zu den Größten seiner Zunft gehört. Und den wenigen, die Coltrane noch persönlich trafen. Übrigens: die Titel spielte Coltrane viel in einer Zeit, die Gruntz die 'Vanguard-Years' nennt, und die seither zu den 'Standards' der Jazzwelt gehören: Naima, Blue Trane, Moment´s Notice, Chasin´ the Trane...

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