Steve Eliovson - Dawn Dance (1981)
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 228 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 113 Mb | Scans included
Label: ECM | # ECM 1198, 829 375-2 | Time: 00:43:10
Acoustic Guitar Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 228 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 113 Mb | Scans included
Label: ECM | # ECM 1198, 829 375-2 | Time: 00:43:10
Acoustic Guitar Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
This album is something of a legend in the annals of ECM lore, as it was the only ever recorded by the fantastically talented Steve Eliovson. With Collin Walcott on percussion for support, the since unheard-from guitarist carves lasting impressions that can now be thankfully heard on CD. The experience begins in “Venice” (as in California), where the guitar speaks with tabla like two continents connected by tectonic plates beneath an ocean. Eliovson’s sonorities are pristine, especially in “Earth End” and in “Slow Jazz,” where the precision of finger placement and the occasional bent note add a soulful turn of phrase. The album’s portal is “Awakening,” a submarine communion of gongs that closes one door while opening another. The title track is buoyed by a glimmering triangle and arpeggios from an internal guitar, while the external speaks in tongues with the various percussive accents that flit in and out of its view.