Orchestra (album)

Orchestra
Studio album by Eberhard Weber
Released	1988
Recorded	May–August 1988
Studio	Tonstudio Bauer Ludwigsburg, W. Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:19
Label	ECM ECM 1374
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Eberhard Weber chronology
Chorus (1984) Orchestra (1988) Pendulum (1993)

Orchestra is an album by German double bassist and composer Eberhard Weber, recorded between May and August 1988 and released on ECM later that year. The octet features brass section Herbert Joos, Anton Jillich, Rudolf Diebetsberger, Thomas Hauschild, Wolfgang Czelustra, Andreas Richter, Winfried Rapp, Franz Stagl.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz	[5]

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 2 stars, saying, "Glorious sound, little 'pure jazz' content though."^[3]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings state, Weber "splits the album between bass soliloquies and counterpoint with a chilly brass section, yet the prettiest piece on the disc is the synthesizer tune 'One Summer's Evening'."^[4]

Tyran Grillo, writing for ECM blog Between Sound and Space, commented: "Orchestra is Weber at his purest. A lovely exposition of his talents, technical and melodic alike. Certainly not the one you'll want to start with, but by no means a shabby place to spend the night before continuing on your journey."^[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Eberhard Weber.

1. "Seven Movements" – 12:20
2. "Broken Silence" – 1:59
3. "Before Dawn" – 5:23
4. "Just a Moment" – 2:35
5. "Air" – 4:16
6. "Ready Out There?" – 5:09
7. "Too Early to Leave" – 3:07
8. "One Summer's Evening" – 4:09
9. "A Daydream" – 3:22
10. "Trio" – 3:58
11. "Epilogue" – 4:01

Personnel

• Eberhard Weber – bass, percussion, keyboards
• Herbert Joos, Anton Jillich – fluegelhorn
• Rudolf Diebetsberger, Thomas Hauschild – French horn
• Wolfgang Czelustra, Andreas Richter – trombone
• Winfried Rapp – bass trombone
• Franz Stagl – tuba

References

1. ECM discography. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
2. "Eberhard Weber - Orchestra". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
3. Wynn, R. Allmusic Review. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1477. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 473.
6. Grillo, Tyran (January 21, 2012). "Eberhard Weber: Orchestra". Between Sound and Space. Retrieved September 20, 2022.