John Escreet
The Unknown
2016 - Sunnyside Records: SSC 1473
http://www.sunnysiderecords.com/release_detail.php?releaseID=853
http://sunnysidezone.com/album/the-unknown
* John Escreet : piano
* Evan Parker : tenor saxophone
* John Hébert : double bass
* Tyshawn Sorey : drums, cymbals, vibraphone
http://www.johnescreet.com/
http://www.evanparker.com/
http://www.johnhebert.com/
http://www.tyshawnsorey.com/
Recorded live in concert
· by Micha De Kanter at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, on February 12th 2016 (1)
https://www.bimhuis.nl/agenda/john-escreet-trio-evan-parker/
and
· by Marc Kossmann at Lantaren Venster, Rotterdam, on February 13th 2016 (2).
https://www.lantarenvenster.nl/programma/john-escreet-trio-evan-parker/
Reviews
By Bruce Lee Gallanter
http://www.downtownmusicgallery.com/newsletters_current/10-28-16.php
This is the second disc from UK-born, New York-based pianist John Escreet and
his mighty quartet. The first one was a studio recording but this one was
recorded live at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam. The Bimhuis is a lovely, spacious
room with great sound, overlooking the harbor in Amsterdam. This disc is very
long (76+ minutes), so it takes its time to get to where it is going. It begins
with some immensely haunting piano, eerie bowed bass and sizzling cymbals with
Mr. Parker’s probing tenor slowly unfurling, riding on the waves below. I dig
the way the tenor and piano seem to shadow one another, nearly completing each
others lines. There is a section for mysterious bowed bass and clanging cymbals
which reverberates in a ghost-like way. Eventually the quartet erupts with some
powerful, intense piano and tenor sax interplay. There are also some more
sublime, spacious sections where Mr. Escreet plays piano in more harp-like way,
creating dreamy-like distant thunder. Evan Parker gets a chance to pull off one
of his great circular solo sax excursions which is short yet fits well and soon
morphs into a elegant ballad-like segment. If you have the time, this disc will
bring you through a variety of moods, like a series of short stories or a
journey with evolving scenery. Superb.
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By Derek Taylor
http://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/153181764877/john-escreet-the-unknown-sunnyside
By Chris Robinson
http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD57/PoD57MoreMoments3.html
By Dan Bilawsky
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-unknown-john-escreet-sunnyside-records-review-by-dan-bilawsky.php
By Budd Kopman
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-unknown-john-escreet-sunnyside-records-review-by-budd-kopman.php
By Matt R. Lohr
https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/john-escreet-unknown/
Maciej Krawiec (pl)
https://www.jazzarium.pl/przeczytaj/recenzje/unknown
von Hans-Bernd Kittlaus (de)
http://www.hansberndkittlaus.de/john-escreet-the-unknown/
von Ulrich Steinmetzger (de)
https://www.jazzthing.de/review/john-escreet-the-unknown/
Por «el intruso» (es)
http://elintruso.com/2016/10/18/the-unknown-album-en-vivo-de-john-escreet/
