Drum Ode Explained

Drum Ode
Type:	Album
Artist:	Dave Liebman
Cover:	Drum Ode Original.jpg
Released:	1975
Recorded:	May 1974
Studio:	Record Plant New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	43:41
Label:	ECM 1046 ST
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Dave Liebman
Prev Title:	Lookout Farm
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Sweet Hands
Next Year:	1975

Drum Ode is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dave Liebman recorded in May 1974 and released on ECM the following year. The ensemble, thirteen strong, consists guitarist John Abercrombie, pianist Richard Beirach, bassist Gene Perla, eight percussionists—Bob Moses, Jeff Williams, Patato Valdez, Barry Altschul, Steve Sattan, Badal Roy, Collin Walcott, and Ray Armandox—and singer Eleana Sternberg.^[1]

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection".^[2]

The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dave Liebman except as indicated

1. "Goli Dance" (Traditional) – 0:34
2. "Loft Dance" – 9:18
3. "Oasis" (Liebman, Eleana Steinberg) – 5:29
4. "The Call" – 4:47
5. "Your Lady" (John Coltrane) – 6:37
6. "The Iguana's Ritual" – 10:34
7. "Satya Dhawani (True Sound)" – 6:22

Personnel

• Dave Liebman – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto flute
• John Abercrombie – electric and acoustic guitars
• Richard Beirach – electric piano
• Gene Perla – electric and acoustic basses
• Bob Moses, Jeff Williams – drums
• Patato Valdez – congas, electric congas
• Barry Altschul, Steve Sattan – percussion
• Badal Roy, Collin Walcott – tabla
• Ray Armando – bongos, percussion
• Eleana Sternberg – vocal

Notes and References

1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1000/1046.php? ECM discography
2. Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 1992. 9th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2008. Penguin. New York. 978-0-14-103401-0. 890–891. Dave Liebman.
3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/drum-ode-r142815 Allmusic Review