The Nice - Five Bridges (2015) 1970

Исполнитель: The Nice
Альбом: Five Bridges
Жанр: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Jazz Fusion, Art Rock
Год: (2015) 1970
Страна: UK
Лейбл: Virgin (UIGY-9694)
Формат: [SACD-R][OF]
Контейнер: ISO (*.iso)
Тип рипа: image
Разрядность: 64 (2,8 MHz/1 Bit)
Аудиокодек: DSD (2.0)
Количество каналов: 2.0
Размер: 1,8 GB
Источник: discogs
Залито на: XFile (.iso + Covers)

The Five Bridges Suite is a modern piece of music, written in the 1960s, combining classical music and jazz. Written about the UK city of Newcastle upon Tyne, it was released as an album by The Nice which achieved the number two position in the UK album charts. In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came No. 29 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums"
The work was commissioned for the Newcastle Arts Festival and premiered with a full orchestra conducted by Joseph Eger on 10 October 1969 (the recorded version is from 17 October in Croydon's Fairfield Halls). The title refers to the city's five bridges spanning the River Tyne (two more have since been built over the river), and the album cover, by Hipgnosis, features an image of the Tyne Bridge.
The five movements are:
- Fantasia – orchestra with solo piano interludes by Keith Emerson
- Second Bridge – trio without orchestra
- Chorale – Lee Jackson's vocals with orchestra, alternating with piano trio interludes
- High Level Fugue – piano with accompanying cymbals
- Finale – a restating of the Second Bridge with additional jazz horn players.
The most elaborate orchestral writing is the Fantasia, but even this is fairly rudimentary, which is understandable as it was Emerson's first foray into this medium. Emerson credits Friedrich Gulda for inspiring the High Level Fugue, which uses jazz figures in the strict classical form. The suite was recorded at a concert performance.
Also included on the Five Bridges album were live performances from the same Fairfield Hall concert of the Sibelius Intermezzo and a movement from Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony. Both involved the orchestra playing the "straight" music juxtaposed with the trio's interpretations. Newly discovered material from this concert was later issued as part of a 3-CD set entitled Here Come The Nice.
The Five Bridges album also included a blending of Bob Dylan's "Country Pie" with Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto No. 6" (with a quote of Coleman Hawkins' jazz line "Rifftide" as well) and a studio recording of the original "One of Those People".

Трэклист:

Brian Davison – drums, percussion
Keith Emerson – organ
Lee Jackson – vocals, bass guitar

With:

Joe Harriott – saxophone
Peter King – saxophone
Chris Pyne – trombone
Alan Skidmore – saxophone
John Warren
Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn

1. Fantasia: 1st Bridge / 2nd Bridge 02:42
2. Chorale: 3rd Bridge 03:26
3. High Level Fugue: 4th Bridge 04:03
4. Finale: 5th Bridge 08:05
5. Intermezzo: ‘Karelia Suite’ 09:02
6. Pathetique (Symphony No. 6, 3rd Movement) 09:33
7. Country Pie / Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 05:47
8. One Of Those People 03:12

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