Polarization
Studio album by
Julian Priester and Marine Intrusion
Released1977
RecordedJanuary 1977
StudioTonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, West Germany
GenreJazz
Length43:40
LabelECM
ECM 1098
ProducerManfred Eicher
Julian Priester chronology
Love, Love
(1973)		 Polarization
(1977)		 Hints on Light and Shadow
(1997)

Polarization is an album by American jazz trombonist and composer Julian Priester recorded in January 1977 and released on ECM later that year.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, with reviewer Richard S. Ginell writing: "This is an often engaging record from a trombonist too seldom heard as a leader".[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings noted that the album finds the musicians playing "in a spacious modern idiom, with carefully deployed electronics," and stated that "individual pieces are atmospheric but without sacrifice of linear energies."[3]

A writer for Billboard called the music "lovely, often haunting," and commented: "Priester's flutters, stops, deep tones glide easily through the six compositions."[4]

Writing for Between Sound and Space, Tyran Grillo remarked: "Polarization delivers in its many moods and emotional travels. The musicians don't so much feed off as feed into one another, nourishing a delicate conversation in which agreement is the norm. Their harmonies are tender, the synergy relaxed and intuitive, acute yet soft around the edges."[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Julian Priester

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Polarization"5:01
2."Rhythm Magnet"8:31
3."Wind Dolphin"8:59
Total length:22:31
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Coincidence"3:38
2."Scorpio Blue"9:36
3."Anatomy of Longing"8:29
Total length:21:43 44:14

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ ECM discography accessed September 9, 2011
  2. 1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed September 9, 2011
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. p. 891.
  4. ↑ "Billboard LPs". Billboard. June 25, 1977. p. 74 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Grillo, Tyran (December 23, 2010). "Julian Priester and Marine Intrusion: Polarization". Between Sound and Space. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
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