OREGON – Ecotopia (ECM, 1987)
Das erste Album nach Collin Walcotts Tod, ab jetzt mit Trilok Gurtu. Das Album hat ein paar tolle Momente, hat aber zuweilen etwas viel Leerlauf. Die vernichtende Kritik bei Allmusic teile ich allerdings nicht
There is no excuse for this waste of studio time and Manfred Eicher’s energy. It is no wonder that he began the ECM New Series a few years before, given the junk churned out by some of label’s stable between 1983 and 1988, and this record is a stellar example. Simply put, this is a trite, new age piece of dreck slopped out by a group of musicians whose combined creativity should always take them to stellar heights. There are no redeeming tracks on this disc, and few redeeming moments
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Hey man, why don't we make a tune... just playin' the melody, not play the solos...