Guamba Explained

Guamba
Type:	Album
Artist:	Gary Peacock
Cover:	Guamba.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	1987
Recorded:	March 1987
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	44:22
Label:	ECM
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Gary Peacock
Prev Title:	Voice from the Past – Paradigm
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Partners
Next Year:	1989

Guamba is an album by American jazz bassist Gary Peacock, with saxophonist Jan Garbarek, trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg, and drummer Peter Erskine, recorded in 1987 and released on the ECM label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars stating "Good late '80s session... The only defect comes from ECM's occasional tendency to introduce New Age themes and production values into the mix".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Gary Peacock except as indicated

1. "Guamba" - 3:09
2. "Requiem" - 7:10
3. "Celina" - 4:13
4. "Thyme Time" (Peter Erskine, Gary Peacock) - 5:25
5. "Lila" - 13:04
6. "Introending" - 3:43
7. "Gardenia" - 8:07

• Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in March 1987.

Personnel

• Gary Peacock - bass
• Jan Garbarek - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Palle Mikkelborg - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Peter Erskine - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1300/1352.php ECM discography
2. Web site: Gary Peacock Catalog. jazzdisco.org. 23 March 2018.
3. Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011