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BY KELLY SILL
"EISENBLEU"
Million to One - Palmetto Records - Steve Million – 1995
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Eisenbleu
Steve Million - piano
Randy Brecker - trumpet
Chris Potter - sax
Michael Moore - bass
Ron Vincent - drums
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0:03 The sound of this cut is so beautiful, when it comes in it kills me
0:11 Piano answers, and then that run
0:20 Opening phrase again, and then a different piano answer
0:23 It’s another beautiful phrase
0:30 Nice answer
0:35 Same phrase
0:40 Now, an Afro-Cuban beat - nice contrast
0:51 And a similar theme to the beginning
1:04 Back to the top - Chris didn't come in until the third bar - I think he spaced
1:12 Equally as beautiful as the beginning
1:18 And another great piano response
1:24, Same answer as the beginning
1:38 Back to the Afro-Cuban thing
1:44 It's hypnotic
1:49 Wow, a whole new section
1:55 Repeated, but different harmony
2:00 Way more energy now, same phrase
2:09 That phrase ends, and back to the interlude similar to the beginning
2:19 Bass solo starts
2:25 Michael is such a beautiful and lyrical soloist
2:40 Cool; they're playing through the changes
2:53 Beautiful!
3:06 Nice way to end it - oops, I thought that they were done
3:16 Now they are done - trumpet starts
3:33 Started a slow development, and then turn flurries into new lines
3:43 I like the fact that they're playing the changes, which works really well
3:53 Instead of going to the Afro-Cuban part there, there's a slightly different interlude
4:08 Randy is playing over the interlude the same way that Michael did
4:20 Million has such a beautiful sense of melody and he's re-harmonizing his own harmony
4:38 Really nice
4:49 Beautiful exposition
5:12 Great pickups into the out-head
5:30 Same as the in-head
5:33 And now the second section
5:41 Quite a complex piano answer
5:50 Back to the Afro-Cuban section
6:00 And this part again
6:13 This is cool: a counterpart to the melody
6:25 Very elaborate
6:38 And actually quite dissonant
6:46 Almost screaming
6:52 Back to the original theme
6:56 And theyre setting it down
7:00 A simple ending
7:04 Another beautiful cut!
This is one of finest compositions that I’ve ever heard in my life - Kel