The second ECM album from Swiss/Italian trio Third Reel takes its open-plan music to the next level. Emanuele Maniscalco, Nicolas Masson and Roberto Pianca all bring music into Third Reel, and each of them has his own distinct compositional signature, but from the outset their pieces are “always conceived as material for multiple, unpredictable developments.” Compositional guidelines are like gateways into fields to explore. Masson’s elegant clarinet and lean-toned tenor are emphasized, Maniscalco floats between drums and piano, quietly lyrical on both instruments, and Pianca is most often a kind of orchestrator-in-action, subtly enfolding the interaction with swelling sustained chords. Like the eponymous 2013 debut album, Many More Days was recorded at RSI in Lugano.
Many More Days
Third Reel
Das zweite Album von Third Reel hebt das Konzept der von Flexibilität geprägten und auf Offenheit basierenden Klangstrukturen des schweizerisch-italienischen Trios auf ein neues Level. Emanuele Maniscalco, Nicolas Masson und Roberto Pianca steuern hier allesamt Kompositionen bei, die einerseits unverkennbar die Handschrift ihrer Urheber tragen, andererseits gleichwohl „als Ausgangsmaterial für weitverzweigte, unvorhersehbare Entwicklungsprozesse“ in der Musik gedacht sind. Kompositorische Richtlinien fungieren hier als Zugänge zu noch zu erforschendem Terrain. Auf Many More Days stehen Massons elegantes Klarinettenspiel und sein schlanker Tenorsound im Vordergrund. Maniscalco schwebt zwischen Schlagzeug und Klavier hin und her, auf beiden ruhig-lyrisch agierend, und Pianca gibt an der Gitarre häufig den Orchestrator, der die Interaktion der Band subtil mit anschwellenden, lang ausgehaltenen Akkorden umhüllt. Many More Days wurde genauso wie das eponyme Debütalbum Third Reel (2013) bei RSI in Lugano aufgenommen.
- 1Gilberto Stimmung
03:31 - 2Afterwards
03:03 - 3Fourth Reel
03:11 - 4Simple
03:33 - 5Lara's Song
04:46 - 6Strand
02:58 - 7White
02:27 - 8Happy People
02:47 - 9Many More Days
04:18 - 10Hill
02:55 - 11Fast Forward
03:15 - 12Two-Part Chorale
03:15 - 13White Epilogue
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Their debut disc was described by UK blog The Jazzmann as “An absorbing and often beautiful recording that deserves to be heard widely. These beguiling snapshots speak of even greater things to come.” And indeed the second ECM album from Swiss/Italian trio Third Reel takes its open-plan music to the next level. Emanuele Maniscalco, Nicolas Masson and Roberto Pianca all bring music into Third Reel, and each of them has his own distinct compositional signature, but from the outset their pieces are “always conceived as material for multiple, unpredictable developments.” Compositional guidelines are like gateways into fields to explore. Masson’s elegant clarinet and lean-toned tenor are emphasized, Maniscalco floats between drums and piano, quietly lyrical on both instruments, and Pianca is most often a kind of orchestrator-in-action, subtly enfolding the interaction with swelling sustained chords, or underlining it with thick drones. Many More Days was recorded at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, in August 2014 with Manfred Eicher as producer.
The material is organised here into suite-like blocks, with most of the first half of the album featuring primarily Maniscalco’s compositions, and the second half mostly Masson’s pieces,. including “White” a two part dedication to Masabumi Kikuchi.
The material is organised here into suite-like blocks, with most of the first half of the album featuring primarily Maniscalco’s compositions, and the second half mostly Masson’s pieces,. including “White” a two part dedication to Masabumi Kikuchi.
