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'Ondas' Mike Nock
The complete broadcast of Ondas was aired on ABC Jazz on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 9pm.
ABC Jazz spoke with Mike Nock about how the album Ondas came about and the influence ECM producer Manfred Eicher had on the recording.
Here's what Mike had to say...
"Manfred wrote me a letter after hearing In Out and Around, saying he wished that album had been on ECM and telling me he wanted to make a trio recording with Gomez, Christensen and myself.
I played quite often with Gomez on recordings and tours, but never with Christensen.
The first day in the studio the trio played quite differently - free high energy jazz, which was erased before I even heard it! I loved the session but Manfred seemed disinterested.
The next morning he got up at dawn and we began recording around 9am. By 11am we were finished as he knew he had what he wanted.
It was a very collaborative session. The first piece; ‘Shadows of Forgotten Love’ was on In Out and Around but Manfred had his own vision for the piece, suggesting I just play the first 16 bars and forget about the bridge section. We finished the first take and I saw Manfred gesticulating wildly in the control room for us to continue - which we did and which you can actually hear on the recording. It was all very spontaneous and a wonderfully unusual collaborative experience for me.
I was very much into Brazilian music and culture at the time ('Ondas' means 'waves' in Portuguese) but interestingly enough I came up with the title while on one of my frequent visits to Nelson NZ, situated on Golden Bay.
Manfred loved the title, as apart from the sound of the word it also had a somewhat enigmatic quality, as he felt very few people would know what it actually meant".
Mike Nock - September 15, 2010
Mike Nock celebrated his 70th birthday on September 27, 2010.
Mike Nock - Ondas
1. 'Forgotten Love'
2. 'Ondas'
3. 'Visionary'
4. 'Land Of The Long White Cloud'
5. 'Doors'
Mike Nock; piano
Eddie Gomez; bass
Jon Christensen; drums
Recorded; November 1981
ECM 1220
Ondas was broadcast complete and un-interrupted; Thursday, September 23 at 9pm on ABC Jazz.
Artist Biography
Mike Nock (born 27 September 1940 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a jazz pianist, currently based in Australia. He began studying piano at 11 and by 18 was performing in Australia. He headed a trio that toured England in 1961 and then attended Berklee College of Music. He was a member of Yusef Lateef's band from 1963 to 1965. During 1968–1970 Nock was involved with fusion, leading the Fourth...
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