CD ECM Records Eberhard Weber: Fluid Rustle

1979
Eberhard Weber - bas, tarang
Bonnie Herman - voce
Norma Winstone - voce
Gary Burton - vibrafon, marimba
Bill Frisell - chitara electrica, balalaika

John Kelman :
"One of Weber's most memorable albums in a relatively diminutive discography as a leader (just 14 albums in 42 years), Fluid Rustle stands out for both its unusual instrumentation and the debut, at least on an international level, of soon-to-be-major guitarist Bill Frisell.

And with its impeccable production, recorded at Ludwigsburg's Tonstudio Bauer—a regular choice for Eicher at the time, along with studios in Oslo beginning with Bendiksen Studio, followed by Talent Studios and, finally, the two Rainbow studios, the second of which the producer continues to use to this day—Fluid Rustle is an album whose largely atmospheric timbres—grounded by the deep resonance of Weber's bass— sound positively lush on the Tetra 333 listening instruments. Filled with layers of detail that are clearly defined and pristinely presented, they make Fluid Rustle another perfect choice for Rediscovery."


Trivia - din cate se pare, acest album este prima inregistrare pe care apare Bill Frisell. Iata fragmente dintr-un interviu luat in 2011 :

"Soon after I got to Belgium, in 1978," said Frisell, "I get a call from Mike Gibbs, who had a tour of England with his own big band, and his regular guitarist, Philip Catherine, wasn't able to do the tour. I had played in Mike's band at school, so I knew the music, so he called me and asked me if I could do his tour. There were a lot of British musicians in the band, like [drummer] John Marshall and [trumpeter] Kenny Wheeler and [saxophonist] Charlie Mariano. Eberhard Weber was playing bass, so I was kind of thrown in with a lot of the guys I had been listening to already.

"It was just an incredible opportunity for me to be able to play with all these guys," Frisell concluded. "So, during that tour, there was a little area every night where Mike Gibbs let Eberhard and me play some free improv, and it really felt great; it felt like we were connecting—there'd be moments where it lifted off, with just two of us playing. This was in October or something, of 1978, and Eberhard had this recording coming up with Gary Burton that was going to be Fluid Rustle. Man, I couldn't believe it; I had done a couple little recordings in Belgium, but nothing that was a big recording. That was how I met [ECM label head/producer] Manfred Eicher the first time, and I think I was so terrified of the whole thing, I didn't know what I was doing. Even traveling and staying in the hotel, I didn't know what to do; I didn't even know how you checked into a hotel or anything. And I wasn't able to get much going; I was pretty inhibited during that recording."