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Folly Seeing All This is third stream jazz, Northern European style: brooding, dark, understated, often very beautiful. Over a rhythm section comprised of the Balanescu String Quartet, Michael Mantler sets the stage for half a dozen talented soloists, guitarist Rick Fenn and pianist Karen Mantler notable among them. As in the work of third stream pioneers the Modern Jazz Quartet, improvisations here are tightly structured and closely integrated with the rhythm section. The album's two lengthy instrumental tracks are quite haunting, as is the concluding work, a setting for a text by Samuel Beckett called "What Is The Word," sung as a duet between Karen Mantler and British rock star Jack Bruce. At once melodic and challenging, Folly Seeing All This is experimental chamber jazz at its most enjoyable.
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Jane Fenton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Fenn, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Bruce, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Mantler, Piano, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Balanescu Quartet, MainArtist - Bill Hawkes, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Alexander Balanescu, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Puschnig, Alto Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer, Executive Producer - Dave Adams, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Mantler, Composer, Producer, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Beckett, Author - Clare Connors, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jane Fenton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Fenn, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Bruce, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Mantler, Piano, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Balanescu Quartet, MainArtist - Bill Hawkes, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Alexander Balanescu, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Puschnig, Alto Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer, Executive Producer - Dave Adams, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Mantler, Producer, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clare Connors, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jane Fenton, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Fenn, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Bruce, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Mantler, Piano, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Balanescu Quartet, MainArtist - Bill Hawkes, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Alexander Balanescu, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Puschnig, Alto Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer, Executive Producer - Dave Adams, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Mantler, Composer, Producer, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Beckett, Author - Clare Connors, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
Folly Seeing All This is third stream jazz, Northern European style: brooding, dark, understated, often very beautiful. Over a rhythm section comprised of the Balanescu String Quartet, Michael Mantler sets the stage for half a dozen talented soloists, guitarist Rick Fenn and pianist Karen Mantler notable among them. As in the work of third stream pioneers the Modern Jazz Quartet, improvisations here are tightly structured and closely integrated with the rhythm section. The album's two lengthy instrumental tracks are quite haunting, as is the concluding work, a setting for a text by Samuel Beckett called "What Is The Word," sung as a duet between Karen Mantler and British rock star Jack Bruce. At once melodic and challenging, Folly Seeing All This is experimental chamber jazz at its most enjoyable.
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 3 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:41
- Main artists: Michael Mantler
- Composer: Michael Mantler
- Label: ECM Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1993 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 1993 ECM Records GmbH
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