The Windmills of Your Mind (album)
The Windmills of Your Mind is an album by Paul Motian released on the German Winter & Winter label in 2011.[1] The album was Motian's final release prior to his death in late 2011.
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Released | August 9, 2011 | |||
Recorded | September 2010, Sear Sound, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 52:13 | |||
Label | Winter & Winter 910 182-2 | |||
Producer | Stefan Winter | |||
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Reception
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Source | Rating |
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The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "The Windmills of Your Mind is a collection of jazz and pop standards played by a stellar quartet ".[2]
The Guardian's John Fordham noted, "Motian enlists Bill Frisell on guitar and Thomas Morgan on bass to turn the usual glides and smooches of these songs into a lurching, spontaneously contrapuntal undertow, in which the rhythm lies as much in what's not being played as what is".[3]
All About Jazz correspondent Dan Bilawsky commented, "Motian's prolific output makes it easy to occasionally overlook some of his albums, but this one is likely to gain a lot of attention. The Windmills Of Your Mind is simply sublime".[4]
JazzTimes's Colin Fleming called the album "a set of pop standards with the deep, well-rounded luxuriousness of modern chamber music, with elements of high-romance. This is jazz as seduction music".[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Paul Motian except as indicated
- "Introduction (1)" - 2:23
- "Tennessee Waltz" (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart) - 3:46
- "The Windmills of Your Mind" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) - 6:34
- "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Irving Berlin) - 1:52
- "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez) - 3:24
- "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 2:34
- "Little Foot" - 2:17
- "Easy Living" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) - 3:11
- "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:38
- "Backup" - 2:28
- "I Loves You Porgy" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 3:56
- "Trieste" - 2:04
- "If I Could Be With You" (Henry Creamer, James P. Johnson) - 3:12
- "Wednesday's Gone" - 2:04
- "I Remember You" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) - 5:39
- "Introduction (2)" - 3:05
Personnel
- Paul Motian - drums
- Bill Frisell - electric guitar
- Petra Haden - vocals
- Thomas Morgan - bass
References
- Winter & Winter catalogue accessed December 20, 2013
- Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 20, 2013
- Fordham, J. The Guardian Review, June 3, 2011
- Bilawsky, D. All About Jazz review, September 13, 2011
- Fleming, C. The Windmills of Your Mind Review JazzTimes, December 28, 2011