''Tangents'' is a studio album by American jazz bassist

Gary Peacock Gary George Peacock (May 12, 1935September 4, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist. He recorded a dozen albums under his own name, and also performed and recorded with major jazz figures such as avant garde saxophonist Albert Ayler, pianist ...

recorded in Switzerland in 2016 together with pianist

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and drummer

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. This is Peacock's final studio album as a leader; he composed five of the eleven tracks.

Reception

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'' stated "That ambiance of received wisdom, of patient certainty, permeates ''Tangents''." Cormac Larkin in his review for ''

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'' mentioned, "A set of mostly Peacock compositions – with Alex North’s love theme from Spartacus and Miles Davis’s classic Blue in Green thrown in for good measure – veers from ruminative abstraction to tender lyricism to joyous swing without losing the intense focus of three old hands, masters of their respective instruments, who have the courage and the humility to let the music decide where it wants to go." Karl Ackermann of ''

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'' added, "At eighty-two years of age, one need only listen to "Rumblin'" to hear Peacock solo like the ageless wonder that he is." Derek Taylor of ''Dusted'' wrote, "The band’s second date for ECM, ''Tangents'' is right on par with the first in presenting each of the three players in the best possible setting, acoustically and creatively. Copland and Baron are significantly younger than their employer and colleague, but seniority registers little if no meaning in the context of music as ageless as this. Peacock is careful not to allow any of the eleven pieces to gather any figurative moss or collected dust. His warm and responsive strings are central in the sound spectrum with frequent solos that fold seamlessly into the trajectories of the tunes without disrupting the flow. Copland and Baron are just as centered..."

Track listing

Personnel

* Gary Peacock – double-bass *

– piano *

– drums

References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Gary Peacock albums 2017 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher