WEB FLAC (tracks) – 101 Mb | Front Cover | Time – 33:40 minutes
Contemporary Jazz | Label: Unit Records, Official Digital Download
Unchanging is the first solo album by bass guitarist and composer Marc Mezgolits and is as uncompromising as the title suggests. Contrary to the expectations associated with such an album, Mezgolits is not oriented towards a virtuoso, note-rich aesthetic. Rather, he is committed to a style that gets by without fast lines and – with one exception – without overdubs.
A solo album makes sense insofar as Mezgolits has always concentrated on reducing the ensemble, as on his quartet album Mostly Love Songs, which is without drums, as well as in the duo Bathyscaph with Domenic Landolf on bass clarinet.
Mezgolits plays his own pieces in an almost purist manner, proving that Unchanging is more than just an album title. Rather, it is a commitment to his own compositions to interpret them as sonorously as possible and not to place his own technical skills in the foreground. This results in ten pieces that are partly rubato, partly rhythmic, partly balladesque, but are all oriented towards song forms and are singable without being sung.
Tracklist
01. Bystanding
02. Sad Song
03. Simple Song
04. Creep
05. Spring Dance
06. Things Don’t Change
07. Convoluted Thought
08. Give Me Hope, Give Me Shelter
09. Take Me With You When You Go
10. Nothing Feels Right