Ostinato Forces : Carlos Bica „BELIEVER“
There are a couple of legendary double bass pieces … as „Jade Vision“ by Scott LaFaro or „Silence“ by Charly Haden, „Pendulum“ by Eberhard Weber … Starting here, triggers more pieces, yes, for sure …
One of the strongest resonating bass pieces is no doubt „Believer“ by Carlos Bica, released in 2006 on the Enja label with his group AZUL, the still existing trio of Carlos, Jim and Frank augmented by guest DJ Illvibe. „Believer“ is music, die das Herz höher schlagen lässt und die Seele singen lässt. Und so viel mehr. And much much more …
„Believer“ brilliantly unleashes the inherent forces of the ostinato in the footsteps of Ravel from a truly deeper place. It is beautifully cycling,it is suggestive, hymnic and intimate. It circles freely, it swings, it rocks. It gives birth to melodic flights of fancy and keeps all connected to the stamping ground. You can dream and dance to it. It zooms in and out, flies high and dives deep in its perpetuum mobile quality. It’s a port and moving passage. It houses African as well as Lusitanian traces.It is a song of songs spreading joy and confidence. It murmurs and celebrates. It invites and is a companion.
There are a couple of versions in different line-ups to sound out its manifold possibilities
LIVE AT SINES w/ Jim Black, Frank Möbus and DJ Illvibe
In duo w/ pianist Joåo Paulo Esteves da Silva
LIVE AT Teatro São Luiz in Lisbon w/ Joåo Paulo Esteves da Silva, Mario Delgado (g) and João Lobo (dr)
Solo w/ pianist Joåo Paulo Esteves da Silva
Apropos Carlos Bica : his newest album „11:11“ is an all-Lusitanian affair, released on CLEAN FEED with a convincing and highly captivating Portuguese line-up: Eduardo Cardino on vibraphone, José Soares on alto sax and Gonçalo Neto on guitar and banjo. The album is on the newest longlist of Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
4 Kommentare
flowworker
Is in on that SILENCE from the Magico album by Gismonti / Haden / Garbarek in which Haden doubles the bass instead of simply playing, smile, double bass?
Henning Bolte
Ah Haden’s „Silence“ then. There are a lot of versions. The version that captivated me most, was the version on the grande album BALLAD OF THE FALLEN of Charlie Haden and Carla Bley with a dream horn section: Jim Pepper, Don Cherry, Michael Mantler, Dewey Redman, Steve Slagle, Sharon Freeman and Gary Valente.
https://youtu.be/-nypVA-2gjA
„Silence“ führt uns entlang einiger bedeutender Alben in den 70ern und 80ern des letzten Jahrhunderts
ETUDES von Charlie Haden, Paul Motian und Geri Allen
https://youtu.be/WP7K_KPY8As
und dem von Michael schon erwähnten herrlichen MAGICO Album von dem Dreier Egberto Gismonti, Jan Garbarek und Charlie Haden
https://youtu.be/n_z3LoOvzRo
Und dann gibt es noch, oh, eine wunderbare, teilweise a capella gesungene Version von Petra Haden zu entdecken (mit Egberto Gismonti am Harmonium), die ich bisher nicht kannte, und die man sich nicht entgehen lassen sollte. Charlies Familie war ja hochmusikalisch und das ist auf seine drei Kinder übergegangen, die alle ihre eigene musikalische Karriere haben.
https://youtu.be/ainr0JrwiO0
Auch gibt es eine Version mit Haden und Chet Baker, Enrico Pieranunzi und Billy Higgins
Das Stück hat’s eben in sich und hat seine Stärke bis heute nicht verloren!
Carlos Bica
Dear Henning Bolte, thank you so much for choosing “Believer” as a masterpiece for double bass, alongside other compositions by my heroes Scott La Faro and Charlie Haden.
By the way „Believer“ has also been recorded by the Move String Quartet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZzxhlK-wfk&t=41s
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