Cityscape is an album by the composer, arranger and conductor Claus Ogerman and the saxophonist Michael Brecker. It was released in 1982 by Warner Bros. Records.[1] It was produced by Tommy LiPuma.[3]
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| Released | July 14, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | January 4–8, 1982 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz, classical | |||
| Length | 46:56 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |||
| Producer | Tommy LiPuma | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Reception
editAllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by James Manheim stated that it was one of Ogerman's "most successful works, not least because the overlap between the extended harmonies of jazz and the chromaticism of the late Romantic harmonic idiom in which Ogerman was trained is large enough to allow Brecker to operate comfortably – his improvisations seem to grow naturally out of the background, and the intersections between jazz band and orchestral strings come more easily here than on almost any other crossover between jazz and classical music".[1]
The composition "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Parts 1, 2 and 3)" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition at the 1982 Grammy Awards.[4]
Artwork
editThe album cover features a lithograph by the Ukrainian-born artist Louis Lozowick, called New York (1923).
Track listing
editAll compositions by Claus Ogerman.
- "Cityscape" – 8:46
- "Habanera" – 8:06
- "Nightwings" – 7:44
- "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 1)" – 8:56
- "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 2)" – 6:48
- "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 3)" – 6:35
Personnel
edit- Claus Ogerman – arranger, conductor
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
- Warren Bernhardt – keyboards
- Steve Gadd – drums
- Eddie Gomez – bass (on "Nightwings" and "Cityscape")
- Marcus Miller – bass (on "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 1, 2 and 3)" and "Habanera")
- John Tropea – guitar (on "Habanera")
- Buzz Feiten – guitar (on "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 1)")
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (on "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 1)" and "Habanera")
References
edit- ^ a b c Manheim. James Allmusic Review: Cityscape accessed 18 February 2017
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Myers, Marc (October 17, 2016). "Claus Ogerman (1930-2016)". jazzwax.com. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "GRAMMY Award Results for Claus Ogerman". www.grammy.com. Retrieved June 14, 2017.