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Jakob Bro - Joe Lovano

Once Around the Room - A Tribute to Paul Motian

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Release Date: November 4, 2022

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1 As It Should Be  
2 Sound Creation  
3 For The Love Of Paul  
4 Song To An Old Friend  
5 Drum Music  
6 Pause  
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A deeply felt and utterly original homage to a common inspiration and beloved colleague – the late, great drummer-composer Paul Motian – Once Around the Room is also the first album co-led by the Danish guitarist Jakob Bro and US saxophonist Joe Lovano. Bro conceived of a special band for the project, convening what Lovano calls “a mini orchestra” for the Copenhagen studio session, which took place 10 years to the date since Motian died in 2011, at age 80. The textured septet features three bassists (Larry Grenadier and Thomas Morgan each on double-bass, plus Anders Christensen on bass guitar) and two drummers (Joey Baron and Jorge Rossy), all players who have worked together in various combinations as well as recorded for the label in recent years. Along with two Motian-influenced originals each by Bro and Lovano, Once Around the Room includes a group improvisation and an especially dynamic rendition of a vintage Motian composition: “Drum Music.” The previous ECM work by both of the co-leaders has been widely praised, with The New Yorker declaring that “Lovano can render a musical phrase into a poem”, and DownBeat noting that “Bro’s guitar is luminous… his music both hypnotic and dramatic.”

  • For the love of Motian / DOWNBEAT
    Posted At: January 10, 2023
    DOWNBEAT's Ted Panken writes…The sui generis septet album Once Around The Room (ECM) references the beautiful Paul Motian song “Once Around The Park,” so titled for Motian’s description of his daily 8-mile run around the perimeter of Manhattan’s Central Park.Co-led by Joe Lovano and Jakob Bro, the date gestated in the early spring of 2021, as Bro, walking with his infant son around Copenhagen, pondered a fo...

  • Jacob Bro/Joe Lovano - Once Around the Room, Tribute to Paul Motian makes 'glideMagazine - Best Jazz Albums Of 2022'
    Posted At: December 12, 2022
    glideMagazine's Jim Hynes writes….2022 was a major sense, a comeback year as festivals reappeared and artists resumed touring. We here at Glide made a more concerted effort to focus on edgier releases as you’ll notice in our list. In the past, we’ve used a more democratic approach in terms of including big bands, Latin and vocals. This time around, it is based more on simply what impacted us. If there’s a n...

  • Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano and company put together a moving homage to Paul Motian on 'Once Around the Room' / The Quietus
    Posted At: November 29, 2022
    A deeply felt and utterly original homage to a common inspiration and beloved colleague – the late, great drummer-composer Paul Motian – Once Around the Room is also the first album co-led by the Danish guitarist Jakob Bro and US saxophonist Joe Lovano. Bro conceived of a special band for the project, convening what Lovano calls “a mini orchestra” for the Copenhagen studio session, which took place 10 years...

  • Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano - Tribute to Paul Motian makes 'JAZZIZ - 10 Albums You Need to Know for November 2022'
    Posted At: November 14, 2022
    A deeply felt and utterly original homage to a common inspiration and beloved colleague – the late, great drummer-composer Paul Motian – Once Around the Room is also the first album co-led by the Danish guitarist Jakob Bro and US saxophonist Joe Lovano. Bro conceived of a special band for the project, convening what Lovano calls “a mini orchestra” for the Copenhagen studio session, which took place 10 years...

  • Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano pay tribute to Paul Motian in 'Once Around the Room' / Financial Times
    Posted At: November 4, 2022
    A deeply felt and utterly original homage to a common inspiration and beloved colleague – the late, great drummer-composer Paul Motian – Once Around the Room is also the first album co-led by the Danish guitarist Jakob Bro and US saxophonist Joe Lovano. Bro conceived of a special band for the project, convening what Lovano calls “a mini orchestra” for the Copenhagen studio session, which took place 10 years...

  • Jakob Bro/Joe Lovano - Once Around The Room 'A Tribute To Paul Motian' makes jazzwise: Editor's Choice with 4 stars
    Posted At: October 14, 2022
    A deeply felt and utterly original homage to a common inspiration and beloved colleague – the late, great drummer-composer Paul Motian – Once Around the Room is also the first album co-led by the Danish guitarist Jakob Bro and US saxophonist Joe Lovano. Bro conceived of a special band for the project, convening what Lovano calls “a mini orchestra” for the Copenhagen studio session, which took place 10 years...

  • Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano - Once Around the Room - A Tribute to Paul Motian is quiet but extremely intense / marlbank
    Posted At: September 28, 2022
    A deeply felt and utterly original homage to a common inspiration and beloved colleague – the late, great drummer-composer Paul Motian – Once Around the Room is also the first album co-led by the Danish guitarist Jakob Bro and US saxophonist Joe Lovano. Bro conceived of a special band for the project, convening what Lovano calls “a mini orchestra” for the Copenhagen studio session, which took place 10 years...
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