The Claus Ogerman Orchestra - Gate of Dreams

Styles: Big Band, Jazz-Funk 
Year: 1977
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:07
Size: 85,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:10)  1. Time Passed Autumn (Part I)
(2:48)  2. Time Passed Autumn (Interlude and Part II)
(4:52)  3. Time Passed Autumn (Part III)
(4:48)  4. Caprice
(2:58)  5. Air Antique
(8:14)  6. Night Will Fall
(2:32)  7. Night Will Fall (Interlude and Conclusion)
(6:42)  8. A Sketch of Eden

Pictured on the back of the album dragging on what looks like a small cigar deep in thought, the moment captured above, that’s where the listener is too, the shimmering strings of ‘Time Passed Autumn’ still and contemplative at the beginning: in a Gil Evans-like domain, the modal progressions moving along quite deliciously but gently until a kind of a light funky jazz rock guitar solo jolts you out of your reverie. Gate of Dreams can and does overegg the pudding in terms of what might almost be jazz-rock symphonic flourishes or what now seems generic movie score touches, but it’s hard not to get sucked in to mondo Ogerman the composer an expert at narrative development via his captivating arranging style. The orchestra also includes some extraordinary players, Michael Brecker and John Guerin among them, heard in a different context to the jazz-rock and funk of the day. It’s interesting that this year has seen the reissue of Keith Jarrett’s Arbour Zena recorded in 1975. Listen to ‘Runes’ and then the beginning of ‘Time Passed Autumn Part 1’ and there’s a striking continuum in the strings at least although Arbour Zena eventually develops along more experimental chamber jazz lines and Gate of Dreams is a warmer sound certainly tonally. On balance the ‘Time Passed’ sequence is where the best moments are to be found; the later ‘Night Will Fall’ sections are maybe just that bit too corny for complete enjoyment. SG  http://www.marlbank.net/reviews/1670-the-claus-ogerman-orchestra-gate-of-dreams-warner-bros.html

Gate of Dreams

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