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- Making a solo bass album, says Marc Johnson, was “a long time coming, but it was something I always wanted to do.” A busy schedule of touring and recording—his lengthy discography includes more than 150 albums—kept the 67-year-old bassist from getting to that project for years.
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With Overpass, recorded in Brazil in 2018, Marc Johnson makes a decisive and intriguing contribution to ECM’s solo bass recordings. It is an album that takes note of that tradition - Johnson has said that Dave Holland’s Emerald Tears was among the solo recordings that fired his imagination almost half a century ago - and builds upon it in a ...
Overpass was his first album in about 10 years. It is a rare bass-only album; it contains eight compositions recorded in Säo Paulo, Brazil during 2018. Five tracks are originals; three tracks are covers: Miles Davis’ "Nardis" and Alex North's "Love Theme from Spartacus" were staples of the Bill Evans ’ repertoire. [3]
With Overpass, recorded in Brazil in 2018, Marc Johnson makes a decisive and intriguing contribution to ECM’s solo bass recordings.
Aug 26, 2021 · From his time in the Bill Evans Trio, to his Bass Desires quartet, to his work with his partner Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson’s career has been full of amazing music. Now, he’s released his first solo bass album. We caught up with him to get the scoop.
Nov 15, 2021 · Overpass is so called to describe a mini-survey of charts with which Johnson has been associated in one way or another. It’s his first solo album, and it presents a jazz master on peak form and home alone. Discography
Oct 4, 2021 · Marc Johnson recently released Overpass, his first solo double bass album. We talk about the process behind putting this album together, Marc’s path through the music world, reflections on his time with Bill Evans, his longtime collaboration with Eliane Elias, and much more.
