ralph towner eddie gomez jack dejohnette waterwheel

[@SaintVodou]

THIS IS IT! Hallelujah! Looking for this earworm from the first time I saw CRUISING. Skipped over it on the soundtrack, thinking it was original music, not a song…

[@kidmack3556]

I'm here (finally) after thinking for years that it was part of the OST for "Cruising" (1980) I thought that the little vignette played in the film was done by Egberto Gismonti. I am still looking to hear that "movement" from the OST.

[@SaintVodou]

@@kidmack3556Exactly what I thought. That snippet from the movie got permanently stuck in my head. I think I finally found it by searching “music from the film” instead of “soundtrack”. Well worth it-the whole song is beautiful.

[@flickrmark]

FYI....the opening track from that movie is "a-i-a" by bassist Barre Phillips, another ECM artist. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3zcfp6VnbSFgdE

[@SaintVodou]

@@flickrmark Thank you!

[@randomguestobserving6071]

Finally I found it again after so many years, simply forgot the title. DeJohnettes druming combined with Towners haunting melodies is..... epic !

[@SaintVodou]

I must have first seen CRUISING ten years ago, and this burrowed in like the ear worm it is, making me crazy because I thought it was part of a score, not a single song. If I had listened to every track on the soundtrack, I would have found it then. Sooo beautiful.

[@colm199]

I'm with you ! so happy to at least find a digital copy of this. I can still remember the vivid purple colour and designs of the album cover. Avid Jazz drummer of many years now, and Jack DeJohnette has always been an idol of mine. Beautiful combination with Ralph Towner et al. Amazing musicians all !

[@out99990]

Some drummers nail it down-Jack Dejohnette nails it open!

[@joecooke4131]

Wonderful cyclic rhythms and form. Elusive harmony, scintillating acoustic. Expectation never resolves: oneiric, yet rushing onward. The stillness in movement. Light touch, yet the pulse pervades, through the drone bass: an ancient mode of centering.

[@rafaelsg7964]

Joe Cooke apt discriprion

[@eduardolemossouza4087]

that's a good description of Mr. Towner's compositional style, Mr. Cooke. the theme is presented on a 11/8 rhythmic cell that evolves to a 12/8 (actually 3+3+3+3/8) during the improvisation choruses. the concept of "expectation never resolves: oneiric, yet rushing onward" is a great exposition of the piece's modal (Phrygian) character.

[@uneedtherapy42]

beyond belief... how is this even happening? wow do I love music!!

[@christopherheinig5590]

Of the most mysterious, beautiful and haunting songs I've ever listened to. When getting this album, listened to it over and over. 'Diary ' is undoubtedly his masterpiece. The only musician I know of who plays the guitar and piano with equal beauty !

[@hans-peterkolb8481]

and Egberto Gismonti!

[@gavinharrison3867]

I just found this in a pile of records (200+) a friend gave me for a case of beer and bag of weed. Loving it!

[@randomguestobserving6071]

I bet he will regret this...:)

[@SaintVodou]

How was the weed??

[@IcarusSuite]

Cruising...

[@aren2822]

😷👍

[@andyzxc]

From Ralph’s 1978 album ‘Batik’ (ECM 1121).

[@stevemartin4249]

Wow, sigh. I didn't know this version existed. I have a copy of Oregon's original version with Colin Walcott on tabla on their 'Out of the Woods' album. Gotta be one of the most under-the-radar albums of any genre. Every piece, a keeper. Never thought of it before, but mandelbrot sets are a great match for 'Waterwheel'. I like Eddie Gomez (especially with Bill Evans) and Jack DeJohnette (with anyone) ... but in jmho, Walcott brought an exotic Indian vibe that was better suited for the composition. I made a similar video using mandelbrots for Chick Corea's original 'Return to Forever' title piece ... but either KZbin, ECM, or Chick struck it down from KZbin.

[@Troubleshooter125]

I first became aware of Waterwheel by way of the album, _Oregon in Moscow,_ where Ralph and Oregon were accompanied by the Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra. Certainly, the addition of the larger ensemble brings additional color to the work, but that in no way lessens what Ralph, Eddie and Jack accomplish here!

[@3340steve]

Also one of my favorite recipes....Towner with Gomez and DeJohnette....fantastic music...

[@jeansks5037]

I Love this masterpiece, Listen to for more than 30 years, thank

[@frankmoore7292]

Extraordinary, ecm put out some great music from some of the great jazzists jammin' in Europe in the late 70's and early 80's. Towner also played for the band Oregon and the great John Abercrombie

[@sofbensi6581]

Genius,I listened first time seeing the movie with Al PACINO " The Cruiser "

[@aren2822]

😷 is this the soundtrack of Cruising? The scene which Al Pacino enters the killer room? I finally found it 👍3 likes for you, thanks for share 🇮🇹

[@MrGIJuu]

Yes!

[@carlovaleri6358]

Yep

[@SaintVodou]

So I’m not the only one who loved this and hunted for it. Would have found it a lot faster if I’d known it was a song, not original score, but better late…

[@dharmabam]

jesus jack on this OMG

[@williamfeuer4954]

He sounds like Jon Christiansen on Solstice but he brings so much more to it (nothing against Christiansen, though).

[@jacksprat3009]

I'll say. He creates accents and movement but more, he creates whole backgrounds of space so the the others can play on it. Fantastic how he and the others blend in and out of each other's movements.

[@hans-peterkolb8481]

The late Jon Christensen you mean?

[@TONDJO-STATION]

je ne connaissais que la version Oregon sur "out of the Woods", j'adôôôre cette ambiance...cette musique éveille mon esprit ;)

[@davidbriole5507]

Best music ever !

[@TONDJO-STATION]

Super version, l'original étant sur l'album d’Oregon "Out of the wood", un disque lumineux.

[@xtendedline]

thanks for posting an alltime favourite w. nice visuals!

[@kenaldri4923]

Always been a favorite

[@MrGIJuu]

Cruising

[@laurentdelaigne5659]

superbe, 3 musiciens au top.

[@cowheel]

Absolutely amazing

[@estbn95]

Hermoso y asombroso.

[@enriquehernandezhevia6817]

¡SUBLIME! Muchas gracias...

[@ednottaken]

Hips or lips?

[@albertpanagiotopoulos9069]

a masterpiece in 11/8. nice video too

[@eduardofarres3362]

La mejor música del siglo XX, tan ignorada........

[@haizeagerian6654]

Ralph, beti maisu! ... eta lagun onakin orain ere! (Bai, "Songs from the wood" hartatik ateratakoa).

[@ΦΑΡΜΑΚΕΙΟΣΥΓΓΟΥΝΑΣΦΣΥΓΓΟΥΝΑΟΕ]

ενα απαραιτητο κομματι στη ζωη μου

[@bladome]

amazing

[@agamhamzah2924]

Spiritual journey

[@jacksprat3009]

Who is the artist of the first painting? I'd love to have a print or maybe an original of other works.

[@VladimirKruskaPa]

excellent

[@hans-edgargundlach7741]

Manfred Eicher you are a modest genius in music - production All the musicians you were working with love your kindness committment engineering warmhearted friendship leading without leadership seeming to be a contradiction

[@juanjosenunez6170]

Superb

[@MBesoain]

Geométricamente sagrado

[@andresacuna8693]

Wow

[@chrisisland7792]

LSD

[@hibernian3445]

delusive...

[@johnlindstrom9994]

Drumming is a little too insistent.

[@alexanderjdivic4784]

You're joking, right?

[@dannybarnes2942]

Cruising