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Walter Norris, George Mraz & Aladár Pege: Drifting

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Label: Enja Records
Released: 1974
Time:
 65:58
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): Matthias Winckelmann
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.walter-norris.de
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Purchase date: 2000.12.17
Price in €: 9,99



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[1] Drifting (Norris) - 5:52
[2] Child Is Born (Jones) - 4:33
[3] Nota Cambiata (Norris) - 4:24
[4] Spacemaker (Norris) - 7:26
[5] Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most (Wolf) - 8:01
[6] Rose Waltz (Norris) - 4:01
[7] Thumbs Up (Norris) - 6:13
[8] Synchronicity (Norris) - 12:11
[9] Spacemaker (Norris) - 6:55
[10] Drifting (Norris) - 7:22

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Walter Norris - Piano

George Mraz - Bass on [1]-[7]
Aladár Pege - Bass on [8]-[10]

Herbert Klimt - Engineer
Helmut Lindemann - Engineer
Leonard Feather - Liner Notes
Arnold Jay Smith - Liner Notes

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Recorded at Trixi Studios Munich August 18, 1974 tracks [1]-[7] and live at the Meistersingerhalle (Eas-West Festival) Nürnberg May 5, 1978 tracks [8]-[10].



Biography:

Walter Norris is a brilliant pianist, a virtuoso whose improvisations can be both very complex harmonically yet often remain melodic. He would be better-known in the U.S. if he had not spent so much time in Germany. Norris worked with Howard Williams in Arkansas (1944-50) as a teenager, was in Houston with Jimmy Ford (1952-53), led his own trio in Las Vegas (1953-54) and then settled in Los Angeles. He was on quite a few sessions during the latter half of the 1950s, most notably with Jack Sheldon, Frank Rosolino and Herb Geller in addition to Ornette Coleman's first record (1958); he did his best to fit into the latter setting but (other than Paul Bley at the Hillcrest Club) it was the last time for decades that Coleman would use a pianist! The music director of the Playboy Club during 1963-70, Norris was with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra during 1974-76. After a stay in Scandinavia and a brief stint with Charles Mingus, Norris moved to Berlin in 1977 where he has taught and been performing ever since. In the 1990s Walter Norris visited the U.S. several times, recording dates for Concord and displaying his impressive musical growth of the past 20 years.

Scott Yanow, All-Music Guide



A '92 reissue of an excellent mid-'70s session by pianist Walter Norris, who's made few records, all of which are worth having. He's a slashing, more unorthodox player with both free and hard bop ties. His patterns, solos, and phrases aren't among the easiest to follow, but bassist George Mraz and drummer Aladar Page manage to find a comfort zone after some early problems.

Ron Wynn - All Music Guide
 

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