Double Image- Dawn (ECM). I'm hoping some of you jazz enthusiasts who were listening and collecting back in the seventies have or know someone who has this album. And that you make haste to listen to it carefully. This beautiful group and album never made it to CD. If it had, I would pay someone to burn copies so I could turn some of you onto this. I googled group and album and could only come up with the following comments by a cat at All-About-Jazz:
"Nowadays the average listener has a broad range of listening experiences due to how small the world has become via the Internet and communications in general, but back in 1978 it was surely a bit of an oddity to find a group with the lead voices being two percussion instruments. But both Samuels and Friedman deliver some especially attractive music over the course of four lengthy originals supported ably by Swartz and Di Pasqua. My favorite is still Samuels’ “Sunset Glow,” which starts out as a whisper and then shifts into high gear. Swartz contributes “Passage” and the opportunity for Samuels and Friedman to mesh on vibes and marimba make for some dazzling interplay.
Unfortunately, the lifespan of Double Image was short lived and there would be no further ECM dates, although Samuels would make another masterful set with Paul McCandless and others under the banner of Gallery a few years later. Although a bit dog eared at this point, Dawn remains one of my ECM favorites and it would be nothing short of a revelation to hear it lovingly transferred to compact disc".
Amazon had one used copy for $30 that I bought hoping that it is in better condition than the copy I've owned since the seventies. Other music sites may have a copy and if you find one I suggest you buy it. The musicians the author of the above mentions are David Samuels, Dave Friedman, Harvie Swartz, and Michael Di Pasqua. The imagination and vibe of these cats on this session is truly special. This is mind meld music. "Sunset Glow" is to die for with "Passage" very nearly so. Hauntingly and achingly beautiful beyond this world. The other two shorter pieces are uptempo, similarly intricate, and fun. Listening to it last night, I googled ECM to see if I could send Manfred Eicher a note begging him to re-release this but no contact info was shown.
Hope you get to hear this, you'll have to try, somehow. Peace
