Dawn Dance

Dawn Dance is an album by South African guitarist Steve Eliovson and American percussionist Collin Walcott. It was recorded in January 1981 at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, Germany, and was released later that year by ECM Records.[1][2] Dawn Dance marked Eliovson's only appearance on an album.[3]

Dawn Dance
Studio album by
Steve Eliovson and Collin Walcott
Released1981
RecordedJanuary 1981
StudioTonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany
GenreWorld music, jazz
Length43:10
LabelECM
ECM-1-1198
ProducerManfred Eicher
Collin Walcott chronology
Grazing Dreams
(1977)		 Dawn Dance
(1981)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings stated: "Walcott's duo record with guitarist Eliovson is undeservedly little known and is well worth investigating, opening up just another corner of this extraordinary talent, an almost folksy sound, cool and fresh."[4]

Writing for ECM Reviews, Tyran Grillo remarked: "Sparse anecdotal evidence paints of Eliovson the portrait of a regretful artist, a man who was compelled to sell his worldly possessions... and return to his native South Africa. Yet we can also take pleasure in knowing that he left this one document, a jewel of quiet magnificence."[5]

A writer for Billboard commented: "Eicher has long shown a special affinity for maverick guitar stylists, and this first effort from Eicher's first new guitar find in several years dovetails neatly with earlier acoustic exercises by such familiar roster contributors as Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie. Eliovson's cyclical musings are spiced by former Oregon member Walcott's atmospheric percussion."[6]

Track listing
  1. "Venice" (Eliovson) – 6:36
  2. "Earth End" (Eliovson) – 4:26
  3. "Awakening" (Walcott) – 1:24
  4. "Song for the Masters" (Eliovson) – 3:50
  5. "Wanderer" (Walcott/Eliovson) – 3:05
  6. "Dawn Dance" (Eliovson) – 8:02
  7. "Slow Jazz" (Eliovson) – 4:40
  8. "Africa" (Eliovson) – 5:40
  9. "Memories" (Eliovson) – 2:11
  10. "Eternity" (Walcott/Eliovson) – 1:54

Personnel

References
  1. "Steve Eliovson: Dawn Dance". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  2. "Dawn Dance: Steve Eliovson, Collin Walcott". ECM Records. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  3. Sassen, Robyn (August 6, 2020). "Flash of greatness: RIP Stephen Eliovson". My View by Robyn Sassen and other writers. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1998). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. pp. 1525–1526.
  5. Grillo, Tyran (October 16, 2011). "Dawn Dance". ECM Reviews. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  6. "Top Album Picks". Billboard. November 7, 1981. p. 78.
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