Rare JOHN ABERCROMBIE LP "He Who Lives In Many Places" Plumeri Hancock Gravatt 

“HE WHO LIVES 

IN MANY PLACES”

TERRY PLUMERI

MICHAEL SMITH

HERBIE HANCOCK

JOHN ABERCROMBIE

ERIC GRAVATT

RARE SEALED 12” LP

AIRBORNE RECORDING COMPANY

WASHINGTON, DC

ARC #1

℗1975 

It was with great sorrow we read about the murder in Florida of Terry Plumeri, a wonderful and talented musician, conductor and composer, there can be no rational explanation for the taking of Terry’s life / Terry was the leader on this remarkable but little known title, “He Who Lives In Many Places,” his debut jazz album featuring Herbie Hanock, John Abercrombie and Eric Gravatt (prior to joining Weather Report) / although for a time this title was available on Japanese CD import, an original vinyl copy is nearly impossible to find, much less in pristine, brand new shrink-wrapped condition / recorded in 1971 at Rudy Van Gelder’s Englewood Cliffs studio, it is an amazing snapshot of a wonderful period in each of the performer’s careers, capturing this era of Jazz so well / please read the reviews at the very bottom of this listing

NOTES: unplayed, new old store stock (NOS), still sealed vinyl presumed to be in MINT (M) condition; cover is in MINT (M) condition, with  perfect corners and perhaps the very slightest of shelfwear over the shrink-wrap /  for best view, please supersize the photo at the very top of this webpage and examine all 4 pictures of representative copy for condition 

ARC #2

SEALED 12” VINYL

“ONGOING”

TERRY PLUMERI

JOHN ABERCROMBIE

RALPH TOWNER

MICHAEL SMITH

MARC COHEN

NATIONAL SYMPHONY 

STRING QUARTET

℗1978

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Plumeri is one of the most highly regarded young bass players in America. He is equally at home with jazz and classical bass and also performs with the National Symphony. In fact, the National Symphony String Quintet is featured on this album, along with nationally recognized guitarists John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner and Plumeri's constant local companions, drummer Mike Smith and pianist Marc Cohen. There are two things that allow "Water Garden: to rise head and shoulders above most other recent jazz offerings. The most immediate is the sterling quality of the recording (done at Bias in Falls Church), with immaculate attention paid to highs and lows and featuring a clearly empathetic mix. It is a quality equivalent to Manfred Eicher's work at ECM; Bill McElroy's engineering, already highly praised in local music circles, has never been better. The second distinctive quality in Plumeri's work is his obvious dedication to composition. With exceptions like Ellington and Mingus, most composers working in the jazz idiom do little more than delineate melodies or sets of changes, leaving the hard work to capable soloists. Plumeri is more intense and in control; he builds carefully, leaving some breathing room but always certain of his voicings and shadings, always definite in his intentions. For example, "Bornless One", the opening composition, is built upon Michael Smith's marvelously fluid and rhythmic kalimba, and African thumb piano. Behind this celebration, Plumeri and Copeland set down sparse, mostly percussive, rather than melodic, statements. In addition, Plumeri's wordless vocals, mixed way back, give the piece an eerie, ghostly effect. It is a stunning cut one that a listener is drawn back to time and time again. On several numbers, including the title cut, Plumeri accents his bowed-bass technique, eloquent in establishing a plaintive or contemplative mood. "Water Garden moves from a tightly defined structure to some spirited free playing and eventually into a straightahead jazz mode, complete with walking bass line. "Laura Rose", which could almost be a sound track, plays the ethereal acoustic guitar of Ralph Towner against John Abercrombie's electric, but unusual subtle voicings. Plumeri, both as a composer and player, never overextends his abilities or overpowers with mere technique. The constantly empathetic work of his players - all of whom obviously understand his intentions - leads to a very high level of music all around. 

   Richard Harrington - The Washington Post

With the compelling, largely free-blowing 1971 session He Who Lives In Many Places, Water Garden rights a similar wrong for Terry Plumeri, an overlooked bassist if ever there was one. Recorded five years later, Water Garden was an even more ambitious date that brought back guitarist John Abercrombie and percussionist Michael Smith, but also features enlists Ralph Towner and, in one of his earliest date, pianist Marc Copland. Plumeri's career has since occupied jazz and classical spheres both directly and in the personal nexus point between the two. Water Garden is a terrific introduction to Plumeri, whose stunning arco work elevates him above many of jazz's better-known bassists. Plumeri's fine, two-movement suite for string quartet and contrabass closes this 45-minute set on a more overtly classical note, but it's Water Garden's other five compositions that make it such an essential listen. Taking place, as it does, during the height of ECM label's groundbreaking emergence; it similarly expands the purview of jazz into previously uncharted territories. That two of Plumeri's cohorts were ECM artists (then and now) needn't suggest Water Garden would (or should) have had a home on the venerable German label, but its inherent eclecticism and boundary-busting approach would certainly possess similar appeal to its fans. Smith's kalimba lends "Bornless One" a Gamelan feel, its repetitive nature and pulse also referencing Steve Reich; but with its languid melody and Plumeri's ethereal, overdubbed singing, it's darker in tone. Copland has since emerged as a distinctive pianist with a deeply impressionistic bent; on the strength of his intro to "Ongoing," it's clear that this has been his disposition all along. Opening with Plumeri's arco soaring, fugue-like, over Abercrombie and Copland's contrapuntal parts, "Ongoing" gradually resolves into a vivid, harmonically abstruse piano solo. Abercrombie's modal workout is a highlight amongst highlights as Plumeri proves he can swing with the best of them, before dissolving into a final arco feature for the bassist, this time more lyrically poignant, as he once again ascends in lead-in to the final iteration of the song's contrapuntal core. "Gypsy" is another hard-swinging modal exercise; Copland's accompaniment nearly supplants Abercrombie's attention-grabbing solo, while Plumeri's arco is even more charismatic. It's revealing to hear the normally more reticent Copland play with such fiery intensity, before Plumeri takes a lithe solo that rivals ex-Weather Report bassist {Miroslav Vitous's strength of tone and conceptual confidence. "Laura Rose" links Water Garden's more improv-centric material with the classicism of "Two Poems for Dance." Combining string quartet with Plumeri, Smith, Abercrombie and Towner on classical guitar, the two guitarists' interaction provides an alternate perspective on their already deep chemistry, heard on their duet record, Sargasso Sea (ECM, 1976). On the strength of Water Garden, Plumeri is an artist for whom, had the stars aligned differently, greater visibility would have been assured and deserved. As it stands, this long overdue CD release of Water Garden goes some ways towards righting a three decade-old wrong. Personnel: Terry Plumeri: acoustic bass (1-5), voices (1, 4); Michael Smith: kalimba (1), percussion (1), drums (2-5); Marc Copland: piano (1-4); John Abercrombie: electric guitar (2-5); Ralph Towner: classical guitar (5); James Carter: 1st violin (5); Jacqueline Anderson: 2nd violin (5); Carlos Quinan: viola (5); Fred Zenon: violoncello (5); Richard Webster: contrabass (5-7); Miran Kojian: 1st violin (6, 7); Virginia Harpham: 2nd violin (6, 7); Richard Parnas: viola (6, 7)

   John Kelman - Allaboutjazz.com

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