Shift in the Wind

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Shift in the Wind
Studio album by Gary Peacock
Released 1980
Recorded February 1980
Genre Jazz
Length 47:10
Label ECM
Producer Manfred Eicher
Gary Peacock chronology
December Poems
(1979)
Shift in the Wind
(1980)
Voice from the Past - Paradigm
(1982)

Shift in the Wind is an album by American jazz bassist Gary Peacock, with pianist Art Lande and drummer Eliot Zigmund, recorded in 1980 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Reception[edit]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "The interplay between these masterful musicians is more significant than the actual compositions and rewards repeats listenings".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 3/5 stars[3]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Gary Peacock except as indicated
  1. "So Green" (Art Lande) - 6:15
  2. "Fractions" (Art Lande, Gary Peacock, Eliot Zigmund) - 5:03
  3. "Last First" - 8:15
  4. "Shift in the Wind" - 5:51
  5. "Centers" (Lande, Peacock, Zigmund) - 6:56
  6. "Caverns Beneath the Zoth" (Lande) - 10:01
  7. "Valentine" - 5:10
  • Recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in February 1980.

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ ECM discography accessed August 29, 2011
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 29, 2011
  3. ^ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 160. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.