Mark Dresser - Invocation [1995]

Artist: Mark Dresser
Title: Invocation
Year: 1995
Label: Knitting Factory
Genre: Avant-Garde / Contemporary Jazz / improvisation / Modern Creative
Quality: mp3, 320 kbt/s, stereo
Total Size: 107 MB

Invocation is something every die-hard fan of the upright bass should hear. The excellent techniques and talents of leading avant-garde jazz bassist Mark Dresser are here heard solo, although not necessarily live — some tracks are overdubbed, and "Trains" includes recordings of (you guessed it) trains. These compositions are all very active, as opposed to minimal, and highlight cuts include Dresser's delivery of the Gerry Hemingway work, "Threnody for Charles Mingus," the title track, and "Polystop for Multiple Solo Bass," both written by Mark Dresser. And while this album may be less accessible than some of the grooves found on Michael Formanek's solo bass release, Am I Bothering You?, Invocation is certainly more varied than Dave Holland's Emerald Tears, and Dresser's performance will not fail to intrigue, astonish, and thoroughly impress those who listen. [Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide]

Tracklisting:

1. Trenchant
2. Threnody for Charles Mingus
3. Subtonium
4. Invocation
5. Trains
6. Threaded
7. Polystop for Multiple Solo Bass

Mark Dresser: Double Bass