Stages of a Long Journey

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "This is a watershed moment in Weber's recorded output, because it reveals his collective gifts as a musician, which, even when understated, are shining examples of the European jazz, folk, classical, and new music he has forged these last 40 years as a leader and as a valued sideman and composer."^[2]

All About Jazz called it "A compelling retrospective that demonstrates the malleability, melodism and beauty of Weber's oeuvre, Stages of a Long Journey's omission of two words from its source—the bassist's "The Last Stage of a Long Journey," which receives an expansive and expanded orchestral treatment—makes it thankfully clear that this recording is simply a milestone, not an ending."^[4]

All compositions by Eberhard Weber except as indicated

1. "Silent Feet" – 7:37
2. "Syndrome" (Carla Bley) – 7:44
3. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 5:03
4. "Seven Movements" – 5:54
5. "The Colours of Chloë" – 7:19
6. "Piano Transition" – 4:11
7. "Maurizius" – 7:04
8. "Percussion Transition" (Marilyn Mazur) – 3:03
9. "Yellow Fields" – 7:01
10. "Hang Around" (Reto Weber) – 4:17
11. "The Last Stage of a Long Journey" – 11:06
12. "Air" – 3:10

• Eberhard Weber – bass
• Jan Garbarek – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4–9 & 11)
• Gary Burton – vibraphone (tracks 1, 2, 5–9 & 11)
• Rainer Bruninghaus (tracks 1, 2, 5–9 & 11), Wolfgang Dauner (track 3) – piano
• Marilyn Mazur – percussion (tracks 1, 2, 5–9 & 11)
• Nino G. – beatbox (track 10)
• Reto Weber – hang (track 10)
• Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roland Kluttig (tracks 1, 5–9 & 11)