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Attila Zoller: Common Cause

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Label: Enja Records
Released: 1979
Time:
 54:56
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): Matthias Winckelmann
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.vtjazz.org
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Purchase date: 2000.12.13
Price in €: 9,99



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[1] Kaybee (Zoller) - 6:26
[2] Csardanova (Zoller) - 3:58
[3] Common Cause (Zoller) - 5:14
[4] Tshitar (Zoller) - 7:48
[5] Lady Love (Jones) - 7:10
[6] Meet (Zoller) - 8:20
[7] Conjunction ["Solo Guitar"] (Zoller) - 8:10
[8] Hella ["Solo Guitar"] (Zoller) - 7:50

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Attila Zoller - Guitar
Ron Carter - Bass
Joe Chambers - Drums

Matthias Winckelmann - Producer
Rick Laird - Photography
Carlos Albrecht - Engineer
Elisabeth Winckelmann - Design
Richard Boukas - Liner Notes

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ATTILA ZOLLER
guitar, composition
Guitarist Attila Zoller passed away Sunday Jan. 25th 1998

Veteran player Attila Zoller was the first guitarist to discover the outer realms of jazz in the early '60s and is considered as one of the truly original innovators of modern jazz guitar. Born in 1927 in Visegrad, Hungary, one-time resident of Germany, and since 1959 calling both New York City and Vermont his home, Zoller played and recorded with such undoubtable masters as Oscar Pettiford, Tony Scott, Chico Hamilton, Stan Getz, Herbie Mann, Red Norvo, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Raney, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Shirley Scott, Cal Tjader and many more. In addition to his activities on stage which take him regularly to the European festival circuit, to Japan and to the various US jazzclubs, Zoller is a renowned teacher and founding president of the Vermont Jazz Center. In 1995 Zoller received the prestigious New England Foundation for the Arts Achievement Award for his lifelong musical contribution to jazz.

It had been over 25 years since Zoller recorded with Lee Konitz, the Chicago-born alto sax giant who vowed never to copy anyone. Konitz has developed a signature airy alto sound that coupled with his improvisational genius and harmonic conception makes him one of the truly special jazz masters. Zoller and Konitz pick up like old friends on his latest recording When It's Time and are especially enthralling in an unaccompanied duo version of Jerome Kern's "The Song Is You."

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Long, flowing, melodic lines, firmly based on bop harmony.

JAZZ JOURNAL



An intimate trio setting.

JAZZ TIMES



Due to being based in Europe and having an introverted style, guitarist Attila Zoller always had an underground reputation. He took violin lessons from his father when he was four and trumpet at nine but as a teenager after World War II he was playing guitar with jazz groups. Based in Vienna during 1948-54 and in Germany during 1954-59, Zoller worked with touring American jazzmen and such local players as Jutta Hipp and Hans Koller. Zoller came to the U.S. in 1959 to study at the Lenox School of Jazz, played with Chico Hamilton (1960), was a member of Herbie Mann's group during 1962-65 and worked with Benny Goodman (1967), Lee Konitz (on an occasional basis since 1968) and later a duo with Jimmy Raney (1979-80). Fame eluded him but his many recordings (most of which are difficult to find) attest to Attila Zoller's talent; he died January 25, 1998.

Scott Yanow, All-Music Guide



Most of Hungarian guitarist Attila Zoller's early recordings have not been made available in the United States, but fortunately his two 1979 Enja releases were leased domestically by Inner City, allowing Americans an opportunity to hear Zoller's unique sound. Like his countrymate Gabor Szabo, Zoller (who has a much more introverted style) uses aspects of his Hungarian folk heritage in his music while playing creative jazz. This quiet trio date with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Joe Chambers (which is comprised of four Zoller originals plus a tune from tenorman Bobby Jones) is a good example of Zoller's subtle improvising style.

Scott Yanow, All-Music Guide
 

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