Crimson Jazz Trio
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Crimson Jazz Trio
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| origin = Los Angeles, California
| genre = Jazz fusion
| years_active = 2005–2007
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| associated_acts = King Crimson
21st Century Schizoid Band
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| current_members =
| past_members = Jody Nardone
Tim Landers
Ian Wallace (deceased)
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The Crimson Jazz Trio was a jazz trio led by drummer Ian Wallace, formerly of King Crimson, which re-interpreted King Crimson's music.
History
The trio was conceived by Wallace, who recruited Tim Landers (bass) and Jody Nardone (piano) in 2004.{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-king-crimson-songbook-volume-one-crimson-jazz-trio-dgm-live-review-by-john-kelman.php |title=The Crimson Jazz Trio: The King Crimson Songbook Volume One |last=Kelman |first=John |date=November 17, 2005| website=All About Jazz |access-date=November 5, 2020}} They recorded the album King Crimson Songbook, Volume One (Voiceprint) in 2005.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/king-crimson-songbook-vol-1-mw0000672766 |title=The Crimson Jazz Trio: King Crimson Songbook Volume One |last=Yanow |first=Scott |website=AllMusic |access-date=November 5, 2020}} The album includes material from beyond Wallace's early 1970s tenure in King Crimson.
Concert appearances in the spring of 2007 were scrapped due to Wallace falling ill.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/apr/27/guardianobituaries.obituaries |title=Ian Wallace: Drummer with King Crimson and Bob Dylan |last=Clayson |first=Alan |date=April 26, 2007 | website=The Guardian |access-date=November 5, 2020}} Prior to his death on February 22 of that year, the band finished recording a second album, King Crimson Songbook, Volume Two, with assistance from Jakko Jakszyk and Mel Collins, Wallace's colleagues in 21st Century Schizoid Band.{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/king-crimson-songbook-volume-2-crimson-jazz-trio-inner-knot-review-by-bruce-lindsay.php |title=Crimson Jazz Trio: King Crimson Songbook Volume 2 |last=Lindsay |first=Bruce |date=July 15, 2009 | website=All About Jazz |access-date=November 5, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jakko-m-jakszyk-mn0000135230/credits |title=Jakko M. Jakszyk: Credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=November 5, 2020}} Collins is also a King Crimson alumnus and Jakszyk later joined King Crimson. The album was released on April 7, 2009, on Inner Knot Records.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/king-crimson-songbook-vol-2-mw0000812547 |title=The Crimson Jazz Trio: King Crimson Songbook Volume 2 |website=AllMusic |access-date=November 5, 2020}}
King Crimson founder Robert Fripp approved of the group, stating: "The CJ3 have respectfully and irreverently taken eight Crimson classics, repositioned them in the musical spectrum, and delivered their first songbook with superb musicianship in service to wit and invention".{{cite web |url=https://downbeat.com/news/detail/the-crimson-jazz-trio-reinvents-king-crimson-songbook |title=The Crimson Jazz Trio Reinvents King Crimson Songbook |date=November 2, 2005 |website=Downbeat |access-date=November 5, 2020}}
Discography
- King Crimson Songbook Volume One (2005)
- King Crimson Songbook Volume Two with Mel Collins (2009)
References
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External links
- {{Discogs artist|660877}}
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Category:English jazz fusion ensembles
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