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1 Enoragt Maeckt Haght Joe McPhee / Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Brooklyn DNA Jazz
wo years ago, Joe McPhee and Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten released "Blue Chicago Blues". Like the previous album, everything is likeable and high enjoyable, yet nothing is exceptional either, in the line of what you can expect.

The DNA refers to the jazz genes or sound molecules in Brooklyn's past with the titles of the songs referring to the musicians Sonny Rollins and Dewey Redman who lived there, or jazz clubs like Putnam Central and the Blue Coronet. Both musicians use these genes to reconstruct/improvise highly modern new jazz, with McPhee on sax and pocket trumpet.

On a more personal note, some of my DNA is now also living in Brooklyn in the shape of my son. And on another personal note, the song title "Enoragt Maeckt Haght" is described as Brooklyn's motto coming from the Dutch. It is actually "Eendraght Maeckt Maght", and it indeed means "unity makes strength" in the old spelling and it is the motto of my home country Belgium, a country that is anything but united.

To come back to the music: it's free form, rhythmic, bluesy at times, fun or melancholy, with lots of references to the jazz tradition, and played by two musicians who move alike, often in perfect sync in terms of pacing and coloring, despite the fact that everything is improvised.

Enjoy!
2 Event I George Russell Listen To The Silence Jazz
Listen to the Silence
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Listen to the Silence

Live album by George Russell
Released 1983
Recorded June 26, 1971
Genre Jazz
Length 45:04
Label Soul Note
Producer George Russell
George Russell chronology
Trip to Prillarguri
(1982) Listen to the Silence
(1983) Living Time
(1972)
Listen to the Silence is a live album by George Russell originally recorded in 1971 and released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1983, featuring a performance by Russell with Stanton Davis, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, and Jon Christensen with vocal chorus.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Reception
2 Track listing
3 Personnel
4 References
Reception[edit source | editbeta]

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Track listing[edit source | editbeta]

All compositions by George Russell - Text Credits: "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown, "The Mark" by Maurice Nicoll, "Duino Elegies" by Rainer Maria Rilke
"Event I" - 6:31
"Event II" - 8:19
"Event III" - 16:18
"Event IV" - 13:56
Recorded the Kongsberg Church in Kongsberg, Norway on June 26, 1971.
Personnel[edit source | editbeta]

George Russell - timpani, arranger
Stanton Davis - trumpet
Jan Garbarek - tenor saxophone
Terje Rypdal - electric guitar
Webster Lewis - organ
Bobo Stenson - electric piano
Bjørnar Andresen - fender bass
Arild Andersen - acoustic bass
Jon Christensen - percussion
Chorus of the Conservatory of Music in Oslo, Norway - Arnulv Hegstad, conductor
Supplementaly Chorus from the New England Conservatory
Sue Auclair, Gailanne Cummings - soprano voice
Joyce Gippo, Kay Dunlap - alto voice
David Dusing, Ray Hardin - tenor voice
Don Kendrick, Don Hovey, Dan Windham - bass voice
References[edit source | editbeta]

^ George Russell discography accessed 10 November 2009.
^ a b Chadbourne, Eugene (2011 [last update]). "Listen to the Silence - George Russell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
Categories: Jan Garbarek live albumsGeorge Russell live albums