Mikael Mani Asmundsson (guitar);
Skuli Sverrison (bass); Magnus Trygvason Eliassen (drums and vibraphone); David
Daviddson (vibraphone track 9).
(Review by Steve T)
Any jazz musician knows they have a
limited audience. Anybody who's played with Miles or with somebody who's played
with Miles, can maybe add a nought to their sales. Guitarists also have a bit
of an advantage, as guitarists - of which there are many - don't observe the
usual musical boundaries.
It can also help if you can draw on
another cultural community like football, cars, the Beatles - chess?
None of this tells us much about the
music, which is fine. He's a great guitarist with a great sound and great
technique, and there's nothing wrong with it, though they may have preferred me
to hate it. Apparently, there's vibraphone on the album, which I missed during
the three occasions I played it, but I'll have to take their word for it.
Steve T.
4 comments :
En passant, the chess match that inspired the album was the 1972 World Championship held in Iceland where the American Bobby Fischer defeated the Russian Boris Spassky, over a series of games, 12½ - 8½. The match held the world enthralled and resulted in books, movies and now an album as a reminder of that summer when, overnight, everyone was for a time a chess aficionado and no doubt the game inspired a few potential Grandmasters!
Maybe Grandmaster Flash even?? He of the famous White Lines ditty ......
Thanks Lance, but still not getting it.
One of the reasons I remember the event was because, at the time, I was with the Newcastle Big Band in San Sebastian and even the Spanish papers were reporting it and Charlie Carmichael and I were also into chess. I could beat him at chess but when it came to tenor playing he was the knight and I a mere pawn (neither of us, however, were bishops on that gig!)
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