Friday 13 April 2018

Smith, Hellborg, Shrieve -- All Our Steps... from Germany 1983, by request





The trio includes American composer/pianist Michael Smith, the well-known Jonas Hellborg on bass and Shrieve on drums.  On the database it's described as fusion but it turned out to be more of an acoustic set, with a grand piano solo to start side one and a drum solo for side two.  So despite the high expectations, given the performers, it was a bit disappointing overall, with the ensemble performances not generating the kind of renewable energy one would have earnestly wished for.

I'll throw in another record I found in the course of looking for requests, this performance from 1985 (not the one which was requested I realize!) which features again some famous names (Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winston, John Taylor, etc.) and equally some interesting compositions. Note that bassist and composer for side b, Paolo Damiani, was on the amazing seminal prog record Buon Vecchio Charlie which everyone knows.




4 comments:

  1. Thanks for the Smith/Hellborg/Shrieve Album, completly different from what i expected but very impressive and thanks for Roccella recording Norma is always great

    ReplyDelete
  2. Julian would you mind reloading All Our Steps..., Thank you!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/dwwcna

      Delete
    2. That's great, thanks for sharing it. Could you possibly upload Jonas Hellborg's related albums Smith Hellborg Gottlieb Chelko: Faces (1986) or Sipe Hanson Hellborg: Sipe Hanson Hellborg (2005)? They are very hard to find. Thanks again for this one.

      Delete