DOMINIC MILLER ~ Vagabond
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Personnel
Dominic Miller - Guitar
Jacob Karlzon - Pianino, Keyboard
Nicolas Fiszman - Bass
Ziv Ravitz – Drums
This album reminded me so much of Pat Metheny’s One Quiet Night (in general, overall tone) that I wondered if he and Dominic Miller had ever collaborated. Found this – the two of them playing Sting’s “Shape of My Heart” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sI2K0aNBBs.
Vagabond is a still album – lots of air – no unnecessary notes. I would call it contemporary or modern jazz. And I know nothing of the other musicians that make up the quartet except that they are all evidently skilled. This is Millers’ third release under the ECM label. Doubt it will hold much appeal around these parts, but I think it’s music that settles the soul -deliberate, beautifully produced – everything about it exquisitely tasteful.
This is what ECM has to say … https://ecmrecords.com/product/vagabond-dominic-miller/
“Dominic Miller has been called “a great, serene storyteller” by Peter Ruedi in the Swiss weekly Weltwoche, and Vagabond, the guitarist’s third recording for ECM, might prove his most poetic tale to date, as he creates striking melancholy textures fronting a quartet with Ziv Ravitz on drums, long-time associate Nicolas Fiszman on bass and pianist Jacob Karlzon. The foursome – each musician a skilled leader in his own right – a has a knack for balancing deep grooves with subtle interplay, weaving pastel shades into delicate harmonic changes as they chart a ruminative path through eight new Miller-originals. Dominic: “It’s never been my intention to make a guitar album. Thanks to the amazing singers I’ve worked with over the years I see myself more as an instrumental songwriter. And as they do, I see it my mission to surround myself with the best musicians who understand the narratives in the ‘songs’. I’m happy to have assembled the right lineup here with Vagabond.” The album was recorded in the South of France and produced by Manfred Eicher.”
Personnel
Dominic Miller - Guitar
Jacob Karlzon - Pianino, Keyboard
Nicolas Fiszman - Bass
Ziv Ravitz – Drums
This album reminded me so much of Pat Metheny’s One Quiet Night (in general, overall tone) that I wondered if he and Dominic Miller had ever collaborated. Found this – the two of them playing Sting’s “Shape of My Heart” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sI2K0aNBBs.
Vagabond is a still album – lots of air – no unnecessary notes. I would call it contemporary or modern jazz. And I know nothing of the other musicians that make up the quartet except that they are all evidently skilled. This is Millers’ third release under the ECM label. Doubt it will hold much appeal around these parts, but I think it’s music that settles the soul -deliberate, beautifully produced – everything about it exquisitely tasteful.
This is what ECM has to say … https://ecmrecords.com/product/vagabond-dominic-miller/
“Dominic Miller has been called “a great, serene storyteller” by Peter Ruedi in the Swiss weekly Weltwoche, and Vagabond, the guitarist’s third recording for ECM, might prove his most poetic tale to date, as he creates striking melancholy textures fronting a quartet with Ziv Ravitz on drums, long-time associate Nicolas Fiszman on bass and pianist Jacob Karlzon. The foursome – each musician a skilled leader in his own right – a has a knack for balancing deep grooves with subtle interplay, weaving pastel shades into delicate harmonic changes as they chart a ruminative path through eight new Miller-originals. Dominic: “It’s never been my intention to make a guitar album. Thanks to the amazing singers I’ve worked with over the years I see myself more as an instrumental songwriter. And as they do, I see it my mission to surround myself with the best musicians who understand the narratives in the ‘songs’. I’m happy to have assembled the right lineup here with Vagabond.” The album was recorded in the South of France and produced by Manfred Eicher.”
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