Some of Gary Peacock’s finest music has been made in piano trios. Early in his musical life, Peacock established a fresh role for the bass as an independent melodic voice, a concept carried forward in the history-making groups he’s played with – from Paul Bley’s Bill Evans’s trios to Keith Jarrett’s. As a bandleader he has also been influential: Tangents is the second release from the great bassist’s trio with Marc Copland and Joey Baron and draws on years of shared playing in diverse contexts. All three band members contribute compositions, Peacock’s including “December Greenwings”, revisiting a piece Gary introduced on his ECM recording December Poems. Repertoire includes five tunes from Peacock, two from Baron, one from Copland, and an outstanding group improvisation, “Empty Forest”. The trio also plays Miles Davis’s “Blue In Green” and, perhaps surprisingly, Alex North’s theme for the film Spartacus, which also proves a fine vehicle for improvising. Tangents was recorded in Lugano in May 2016, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
1 CONTACT (Gary Peacock) 06:39
2 DECEMBER GREENWINGS (Gary Peacock) 04:50
3 TEMPEI TEMPO (Gary Peacock) 04:10
4 CAULDRON (Joey Baron) 02:29
5 SPARTACUS (Alex North) 05:10
6 EMPTY FOREST (Gary Peacock, Joey Baron, Marc Copland) 07:11
7 BLUE IN GREEN (Miles Davis) 04:42
8 RUMBLIN' (Gary Peacock) 04:07
9 TALKIN' BLUES (Marc Copland) 04:04
10 IN AND OUT (Joey Baron) 02:53
11 TANGENTS (Gary Peacock) 06:50
Gary Peacock Double Bass
Marc Copland Piano
Joey Baron Drums
