Release Date: 1/01/1979
Recording Date: 1/1977
Tracks: 6
Label: ECM
Type: CD,LP
- Genre/Styles
- Avant-Garde, Post-Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz
Album Tracks (6)
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What the Critics Say
December Poems consists of four pieces for solo bass and two duets with Jan Garbarek on tenor and soprano sax. More accurately, the opening "Snow Dance" and the closing "Celebrations" are overdubbed bass duos (in part), while "Flower Crystals" pairs Peacock's bass with atmospheric strummed piano, although no piano credit is given. "December Greenwings," one of Peacock's most distinctive compositions, would later reappear on 2001's Amaryllis with Marilyn Crispell and Paul Motian. Despite the sparse and somewhat cold feeling of the record, Peacock's virtuosity and sterling tone are well-served in a solo format, especially so on the stately "A Northern Tale." ~ David R. Adler, All Music Guide
