''Conception Vessel'' is the debut album by American jazz drummer
Paul Motian
Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer of Armenian descent. He played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties.
Motian first came t ...
, recorded over two days in November 1972 and released on
ECM
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the following year, featuring performances from pianist
Keith Jarrett
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(also featured on flute), bassist
Charlie Haden
Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than fifty years. Haden helped to revolutionize the harmonic concept of bass playin ...
, violinist
Leroy Jenkins, guitarist
Sam Brown and flautist Becky Friend.
Reception
The
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review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "This is Motian's debut as a leader. It includes ambitious cuts with guitarist Sam Brown and also features pianist Keith Jarrett."
[Wynn, R.]
Allmusic Review
accessed June 26, 2011
Track listing
''All compositions by Paul Motian''
# "Georgian Bay" – 7:31
# "Ch'i Energy" – 2:37
# "Rebica" – 11:14
# "Conception Vessel" – 7:46
# "American Indian: Song of Sitting Bull" – 2:45
# "Inspiration from a Vietnamese Lullaby" – 9:41
Personnel
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Paul Motian
Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer of Armenian descent. He played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties.
Motian first came t ...
– drums, percussion
*
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945) is an American pianist and composer. Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey and later moved on to play with Charles Lloyd (jazz musician), Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s, he has also be ...
– piano (4), flute (5)
*
Sam Brown – guitar (1, 3)
*
Leroy Jenkins – violin (6)
*Becky Friend – flute (6)
*
Charlie Haden
Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than fifty years. Haden helped to revolutionize the harmonic concept of bass playin ...
– bass (1, 3, 6)
References
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1973 debut albums
Paul Motian albums
ECM Records albums
Albums produced by Manfred Eicher