The Way Out is Via the Door

About the Artist
Robert Creeley is one of America's greatest living poets; he was the link between the Beat poets of Greenwich Village and those of Black Mountain College. Creeley has long acknowledged the influence of jazz and improvised music on his work, and in fact considers himself a musician in these contexts. His work was the source of inspiration for Home, the 1980 ECM album in which Swallow set Creeley's words to music sung by Sheila Jordan.

Steve Swallow studied piano and trumpet has played with many of the greats. In 1960 he began to play with Paul Bley, The Jimmy Giuffre Trio and George Russell’s sextet, which featured Eric Dolphy and Thad Jones. He also performed in the early '60s with Joao Gilberto, Sheila Jordan, and bands led by Benny Goodman, Marian McPartland, Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer and Chick Corea. He has placed first (electric bass) in the Downbeat International Critics Poll since 1983, and in the Downbeat Readers Poll since 1985.

Impressionistic jazz drummer Chris Massey was born in Buffalo, New York and now resides in Switzerland. He has performed with some of the most influential artists of the modern era, including Bill Frisell, David Torn, Christy Doran, Kevin Eubanks, Hans Koch, Chris Duarte, and Brian Gephart.

Texas-based composer and reedman John Mills has performed with Kenny Wheeler, Carla Bley, Roscoe Mitchell, Tonina Horta, Billy Hart and Mitch Watkins.

Product Description
Courage is drummer Chris Massey, reed player John Mills and bassist Steve Swallow. "The Way Out is Via the Door" is a beautifully realized recording of intimate, creative jazz conversations, placing all three voices as equals and allowing the lines created to weave together and apart at will, sometimes floating over cushions of sound-wash, and creating spontaneous tension-release statements.

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Jazz Music:

1. The X-Files
2. Up at Minton's, Vol. 1 [Original recording remastered] [Import]
3. Wardell Gray
4. Where Were You?
5. 20 Best of Glenn Miller Orchestra
6. 40th Anniversary Celebration
7. A Proper Introduction to Ike Quebec: Blue Harlem [Import]
8. Appassionata
9. Art and Architecture
10. Artistry 3

Jazz Music

jazz music

Jazz Music

Holy Bible: 10th Anniversary Edition [Import]

Cello America, Vol. 2

Chet Baker Big Band [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Portraits from NPR

Disco Fever, Vol. 1 [Import]

Eroica [Import]

Carribean Trinidad Steel Band

Danzig 5: Blackacidevil [Extra tracks]

Come to This [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem Op.45

Dish It Up

Delta Bound

De Todo Un Poco

Protagonistas de la Musica, Vol. 2

The Gulag Orkestar