Levin, Pete - Möbius CD (Mega Blowout Sale)
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PLM 2017
Nanny Assis - percussion
Jeff Ciampa - guitar
Alex Foster - tenor sax
Pete Levin - electric piano, clavinet & organ
Tony Levin - bass
Chris Pasin - trumpet
Lenny White - drums
“Pete says; “What I got from Gil (Evans) was the unshakable notion that playing music was to create from a place where there are no boundaries. If it can be imagined then it can be done.
"I've been wanting to do this band project for a while, with this collection of music in mind. It includes a couple of my older pieces and some new ones that were written for this album. I also included two cover songs: A salute to Monk on his 100th birthday year, and a Tony Williams piece that’s always fascinated me."
To do it, Pete assembled a 7-piece all-star band: Alex Foster (Charles Mingus, Saturday Night Live) - saxophone, Chris Pasin (Buddy Rich, Toshiko Akiyoshi) - trumpet, Jeff Ciampa (Harry Belafonte, Al MacDowell) - guitar, Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, King Crimson) - bass, Lenny White (Miles Davis, Chick Corea) - drums, and Nanny Assis (Vinicius Cantauria, Deodato) – percussion.
MöBIUS was recorded in 2 days, live in the studio with an essentially unrehearsed band. Even with great players and meticulous planning, the rule is, expect the unexpected - in other words, there'll be some good surprises and an occasional train-wreck. But that’s when the magic happens. Mixing process aside, what you hear on the album is essentially what the band played - no overdubbing. A couple of the tracks are actually first takes. Pete did his first solo album that way in 1989. What goes around comes around.”