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October 17 , 2007
“Album of the Year” prize for Vitous
Miroslav Vitous’s “Universal Syncopations II” has been voted Album of the Year by the German Record Critics, winning the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2007.
The disc explores a wider range of options than its best-selling predecessor (released 2003), as choirs loom out of the mix and orchestral colours swirl around a shifting cast of modern jazz players which includes Randy Brecker on trumpet and Bob Mintzer, Bob Malach and Gary Campbell on saxophones. Miroslav’s uniquely expressive double-bass drives the music forward and has a central role to play in the ensemble interaction.
The critics’ jury on “Universal Syncopations II”: “A truly cliché-free bridge between classic and jazz (...) A masterpiece full of acoustic adventure, a gleaming example of borderless fantasy from the Czech bassist with an American passport who, together with Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter, baptized the supergroup Weather Report back at the beginning of the 70s.”
The prize will be presented to Miroslav Vitous on November 17, at an awards ceremony in Berlin’s Musikinstrumenten Museum.
“Universal Syncopations II” is available from the ECM web shop Miroslav Vitous (ECM 2013) and good retailers everywhere.
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