Eberhard Weber Colours
Little Movement
ECM Records (Grmany) 1980
ECM 1186 (LP) Original pressing.
sleeve : EX(light wear on corner)
media : EX/EX(some slightly noise)
Featured in the first edition of the guidebook Obscure Sound. A 1980 album by German bass virtuoso Eberhard Weber, featuring Charlie Mariano (ss, fl), Rainer Brüninghaus (p, synth), and John Marshall (ds, perc). The album is filled with beautifully conceived pieces that perfectly express Weber’s distinctive musical world, but A2 is especially moving. It begins with a gently floating soprano saxophone introduction, then unfolds into an emotional first section where synthesizer arpeggios intertwine with fantastical piano backing. From there, the music opens into a majestic middle passage, with cosmic synth arpeggios and earthy flute rising ever higher into the sky, before eventually returning to the opening material and coming gently back down to earth. Every section is beautifully realized, but Brüninghaus’ synthesizer work in particular makes a major contribution to the album’s expansive soundscape. A magnificent piece of trance-like jazz.
A2: Bali
B1: A Dark Spell