Guamba

Guamba
Guamba
Studio album by Gary Peacock
Released	1987
Recorded	March 1987
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:22
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Gary Peacock chronology

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[edit]

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ()^[5]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Gary Peacock except as indicated

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

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

Personnel[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ ECM discography accessed September 28, 2011
^ "Gary Peacock Catalog". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1137. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Hull, Tom (September 8, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[ECM_discography-1] ECM discography accessed September 28, 2011

[2] "Gary Peacock Catalog". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[Allmusic-3] Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2011

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1137. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[5] Hull, Tom (September 8, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Voices (1971) Tales of Another (1977) December Poems (1977) Shift in the Wind (1980) Voice from the Past – Paradigm (1981) Guamba (1987) First Meeting (with Masabumi Kikuchi and Paul Motian, 1991) Oracle (with Ralph Towner, 1993) Just So Happens (with Bill Frisell, 1994) Tethered Moon Play Kurt Weill (with Masabumi Kikuchi and Paul Motian, 1994) A Closer View (with Ralph Towner, 1995) Chansons d'Édith Piaf (with Masabumi Kikuchi and Paul Motian, 1999) Experiencing Tosca (with Masabumi Kikuchi and Paul Motian, 2002) Now This (2014) Tangents (2016)
Live albums	Always Let Me Go (with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette, 2001) The Out-of-Towners (with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette, 2001)