Cityscape (Claus Ogerman and Michael Brecker album)

Cityscape is an album by the composer, arranger and conductor Claus Ogerman and the saxophonist Michael Brecker. It was released in 1982 by Warner Bros. Records.[1] It was produced by Tommy LiPuma.[2]

Cityscape
Studio album by Claus Ogerman and Michael Brecker
Released	1982
Recorded	January 4–8, 1982
Studio	The Power Station and Media Sound Recording Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz, classical
Length	46:56
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Tommy LiPuma
Claus Ogerman chronology
Aranjuez (1978) Cityscape (1982) Preludio and Chant (1982)
Michael Brecker chronology
Cityscape (1982) Michael Brecker (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by James Manheim stated that it was one of Ogerman's "most successful works, not least because the overlap between the extended harmonies of jazz and the chromaticism of the late German Romantic polyphony in which Ogerman was trained is large enough to allow Brecker to operate comfortably – his improvisations seem to grow naturally out of the background, and the intersections between jazz band and orchestral strings come more easily here than on almost any other crossover between jazz and classical music".[1]

The composition "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Parts 1, 2 and 3)" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition at the 1982 Grammy Awards.[3]

Artwork

The album cover features a lithograph by the Ukrainian-born artist Louis Lozowick, called New York (1923).

Track listing

All compositions by Claus Ogerman.

1. "Cityscape"  – 8:46
2. "Habanera"  – 8:06
3. "Nightwings"  – 7:44
4. "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 1)"  – 8:56
5. "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 2)"  – 6:48
6. "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 3)"  – 6:35

Personnel

• Claus Ogerman – arranger, conductor
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
• Warren Bernhardt – keyboards
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Eddie Gomez – bass (on "Nightwings" and "Cityscape")
• Marcus Miller – bass (on "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 1, 2 and 3)" and "Habanera")
• John Tropea – guitar (on "Habanera")
• Buzz Feiten – guitar (on "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 1)")
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (on "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 1)" and "Habanera")

References

1. Manheim. James Allmusic Review: Cityscape accessed 18 February 2017
2. Myers, Marc (October 17, 2016). "Claus Ogerman (1930-2016)". jazzwax.com. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
3. "GRAMMY Award Results for Claus Ogerman". www.grammy.com. Retrieved June 14, 2017.