Where The River Goes
Wolfgang Muthspiel (guitar), Brad Mehldau (piano), Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Larry Grenadier (double bass), Eric Harland (drums)
Though Muthspiel albums incline nowadays toward a mix of solo meditations and probing collective speculations over nailed-down grooves, there’s a good enough balance of both for this set to...
Where The River Goes
Wolfgang Muthspiel (guitar), Brad Mehldau (piano), Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Larry Grenadier (double bass), Eric Harland (drums)
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Though Muthspiel albums incline nowadays toward a mix of solo meditations and probing collective speculations over nailed-down grooves, there’s a good enough balance of both for this set to...
About
Where The River Goes carries the story forward from Wolfgang Muthspiel’shighly-acclaimed Rising Grace recording of 2016, reuniting the Austrian guitarist with Brad Mehldau, Ambrose Akinmusire and Larry Grenadier, heavy talents all, and bringing in the great Eric Harland on drums. Much more than an “all-star” gathering, the group plays as an ensemble with its own distinct identity, evident both in the interpretation of Muthspiel’s pieces and in the collective playing. The album, recorded at Studios La Buissonne in February 2018, and produced by Manfred Eicher, features six compositions by Wolfgang Muthspiel and one by Brad Mehldau, plus group improvisation. It is issued in both CD and vinyl formats.
Contents and tracklist
Where The River Goes
For Django
Panorama
Descendants
Clearing
One Day My Prince Was Gone
Blueshead
Buenos Aires
Awards and reviews
October 2018
Though Muthspiel albums incline nowadays toward a mix of solo meditations and probing collective speculations over nailed-down grooves, there’s a good enough balance of both for this set to intrigue both freefall-jazz voyagers and pursuers of blues and leftfield perceptions of swing.
November 2018
...Muthspiel again creates a space for his ensemble’s sonic musings, each player expounding on the guitarist’s musical assertions—his clean chordal structures, his descents into dissonance, his satisfying resolutions. Their discourse is one of understated beauty
