Eric Watson
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Albums
Jaded Angels
Label: Act - ACT 9452-2
Distribution in France: Harmonia Mundi
Release date: November 09, 2006
“Jaded Angels” shows impressively that Eric Watson is a great ballad player. The great portraits “Ice Lady” and “Consolation” protrude from the album’s middle section like gigantic mountains from a vast landscape. The quality of the recording is impressive, and accurately reflects the pianist’s celebrated crystalline tone. The new trio is a special stroke of luck. “I like working with players who constantly strive to surpass themselves and increase their scope. It is not easy to get into my music, that’s why I cherish long-term collaborations. The players tell me my music is very challenging. They say it requires the concentration of a classical musician and a complete freedom, a jazz musician’s willingness to give oneself over completely to the music.”
Rarely has Watson’s music sounded so homogeneous and concentrated as it does in this threesome with bass player Peter Herbert and drummer Christophe Marguet.
