Experiencing Tosca

2004 studio album by Masabumi Kikuchi, Gary Peacock & Paul Motian

Experiencing Tosca

Studio album by

Masabumi Kikuchi, Gary Peacock & Paul Motian

Released

2004

Recorded

December 14 & 15, 2002
Hit Factory, NYC

Genre

classical music, opera, jazz

Length

55:26

Label

Winter & Winter 910 093

Producer

Stefan Winter

Tethered Moon chronology

Chansons d’Édith Piaf
(1999)

Experiencing Tosca
(2004)

Experiencing Tosca is an album by the group Tethered Moon, comprising pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Paul Motian, recorded in late 2002 and released on the Winter & Winter label in 2004.^[1] The album features the groups interpretation of Giacomo Puccini's music for Tosca along with original compositions inspired by the opera.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "The very idea that Tethered Moon's members could put a new spin on Tosca no less than 102 years after Puccini wrote it speaks well of their interpretive powers. At times, Experiencing Tosca can be overly self-indulgent, but not in a way that is disrespectful of Puccini's contributions. Besides, a certain amount of self-indulgence is to be expected in avant-garde jazz, and Tethered Moon deserves credit for providing an album that is tasteful as well as intriguing."^[2]

The PopMatters review stated, "Very good in excessively separated parts."^[3]

John Kelman wrote on AllAboutJazz, "Experiencing Tosca may be the most successful Tethered Moon project. The interplay is sharp while the images are abstract, and there is solid evidence that while they only meet intermittently, Kikuchi, Peacock and Motian share a clear collective vision."^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Masabumi Kikuchi, Paul Motian and Gary Peacock after Giacomo Puccini except as indicated

"Prologue" - 1:42
"Part I" - 8:21
"Part II" - 6:25
"Part III" - 7:29
"Homage to Puccini" (Masabumi Kikuchi) - 7:00
"Ballad" - 8:14
"Blues for Tosca" (Kikuchi) - 5:18
"Part IV" - 11:01

Personnel

References

^ Winter & Winter discography, accessed December 8, 2014
^ ^a ^b Henderson, A., Allmusic Review, accessed December 8, 2014
^ Calder, R. R., PopMatters Review, August 5, 2004
^ Kelman, J., AllAboutJazz Review, May 15, 2004

Masabumi Kikuchi

Studio albums

Hino–Kikuchi Quintet (1968)
First Meeting (1997)
Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (2005)
Chansons d’Édith Piaf (1999)
Experiencing Tosca (2004)

v t e Gary Peacock
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Voices (1971) Tales of Another (1977) December Poems (1977) Shift in the Wind (1980) Voice from the Past – Paradigm (1981) Guamba (1987) First Meeting (with Masabumi Kikuchi and Paul Motian, 1991) Oracle (with Ralph Towner, 1993) Just So Happens (with Bill Frisell, 1994) Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (with Masabumi Kikuchi and Paul Motian, 1994) A Closer View (with Ralph Towner, 1995) Chansons d'Édith Piaf (with Masabumi Kikuchi and Paul Motian, 1999) Experiencing Tosca (with Masabumi Kikuchi and Paul Motian, 2002) Now This (2014) Tangents (2016)
Live albums	Always Let Me Go (with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette, 2001) The Out-of-Towners (with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette, 2001)

v t e Paul Motian
Albums	Conception Vessel (1972) Tribute (1974) Dance (1977) Le Voyage (1979) Psalm (1981) The Story of Maryam (1983) It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago (1984) Jack of Clubs (1984) Misterioso (1986) One Time Out (1987) Monk in Motian (1988) On Broadway Volume 1 (1988) On Broadway Volume 2 (1989) Bill Evans (1990) Motian in Tokyo (1991) On Broadway Volume 3 (1991) Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (1992) Trioism (1993) Reincarnation of a Love Bird (1994) At the Village Vanguard (1995) Sound of Love (1995) Flight of the Blue Jay (1996) Trio 2000 + One (1997) Play Monk and Powell (1998) Europe (2000) Holiday for Strings (2001) Garden of Eden (2004) I Have the Room Above Her (2004) On Broadway Vol. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity (2005) Live at the Village Vanguard (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. II (2006) Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. III (2006) Time and Time Again (2006) On Broadway Volume 5 (2008) Lost in a Dream (2009) The Windmills of Your Mind (2010)
Tethered Moon	(Masabumi Kikuchi, Paul Motian and Gary Peacock) First Meeting (1990–91) Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (1994) Chansons d'Édith Piaf (1999) Experiencing Tosca (2002)
Trio	(Geri Allen, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian) Etudes (1987) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Haden, 1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990)
Discography