Garrett LIST
(Piano, Trombone, Vocals)
Eugenia SHERMAN
(Vocals)
Baynard LANCASTER
(Flute, Alto Sax)
Youseff YANCY
(Trumpet, Theremin)
Ronald Shannon JACKSON
(Drums)

Garrett LIST
(Trombone)
Eugenia SHERMAN
(Vocals)
Kenny "Millions", aka
Keshaven MASLAK
(Alto & Tenor Sax)
Mel GRAVES
(Bass)
Sadig Adu SHAHID
(Drums)

Véronique LIERNEUX
(Violin)
Manuela BUCHER
(Alto Violin)
Jean-Paul ZANUTEL
(Cello)
Vincent JACQUMIN
(Clarinet)
Pierre BERNARD
(Flute)
Fabian FIORINI
(Piano)

01. Fly Hollywood
02. Myra's Maya
03. Fire And Ice
04. Doo Dah
05. You Are More Beautiful Than The Sky And The Sea
06. What Do You Want
07. My Mother's Belly
08. Conversation
09. Now & How
10. Elergy: To The People Of Chile

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Since the release of the albums "The Unbearably Light" and "The Voyage", Garrett LIST is now in an even more productive phase. It's in this context that the idea came about to present "The New York Takes", as a retrospective view of the importance and the diversity of the compositions of this extraordinary trombone player. The recordings on the CD date back to the 70's and highlight Garrett LIST's more jazz side. The album is a selection from two New York studio sessions which have never been released. The music on this unique recording has a warmth and spontaneity which is difficult to find today. The choice of musicians is the key to the success of the album, and it is clear that some of them have since become key figures in the jazz world. Eugenia SHERMAN's singing is divinely creative, with a kind of aerial freshness. The rhythm sections, including Ronald Shannon JACKSON on drums, are very tight and put more of an emphasis on ambience than on technical performance. And the soloists, including Byard LANCASTER, Keshavan MASLAK and Youssef YANCY, go from intimist moments to a series of explosive outbursts. At the end of the album there is "Elegy", composed at the same period but recorded in 1999 with Garrett's current musicians. The piece gives us a vision of Garrett LIST's present and future recordings. The spirit of this piece is radically different from the New York recordings and conveys a feeling of peace. Although it is a written piece, the composition involves improvised elements, but its essence is in its colour and spatial development. An approach more like Erik SATIE or Olivier MESSIAEN than the masters of jazz. From now on there are no limits - the criteria of style slip into the background and leave room for music in its widest sense.

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