Guamba

Guamba
Studio album by
Gary Peacock
Released1987
RecordedMarch 1987
GenreJazz
Length44:22
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Gary Peacock chronology
Voice from the Past – Paradigm
(1982) 		Guamba
(1987) 		Partners
(1989)

Guamba is an album by American jazz bassist Gary Peacock, with saxophonist Jan Garbarek, trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg, and drummer Peter Erskine, recorded in 1987 and released on the ECM label.[1][2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars stating "Good late '80s session... The only defect comes from ECM's occasional tendency to introduce New Age themes and production values into the mix".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Gary Peacock except as indicated
  1. "Guamba" - 3:09
  2. "Requiem" - 7:10
  3. "Celina" - 4:13
  4. "Thyme Time" (Peter Erskine, Gary Peacock) - 5:25
  5. "Lila" - 13:04
  6. "Introending" - 3:43
  7. "Gardenia" - 8:07
  • Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in March 1987.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ ECM discography accessed September 28, 2011
  2. ^ "Gary Peacock Catalog". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1137. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (September 8, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved September 9, 2020.