Crispell, Marilyn / Storyteller
| Album: | Storyteller | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Crispell, Marilyn | Added: | May 2004 | |
| Label: | Ecm Records (Jazz) | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2004-05-31 | Pull Date: | 2004-08-02 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 1 | Jul 25 | Jul 18 | Jul 11 | Jul 4 | Jun 20 | Jun 6 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 14, 2004: | Storytime!--Women
Flight of the Bluejay |
4. | Jul 14, 2004: | Civil Society
So Far, So Near |
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| 2. | Jul 30, 2004: | Memory Select
Cosmology |
5. | Jul 10, 2004: | Storytime!: Pirates
Flight of the Bluejay, Wild Rose |
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| 3. | Jul 23, 2004: | Memory Select
Harmonic Line |
6. | Jul 02, 2004: | No Cover, No Minimum
Flight of the Bluejay |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-06-10
Reviewed 2004-06-10
Piano trio pieces with veterans Mark Helias (bass) and Paul Motian (drums) backing up Crispell in a slow crash of free-floating improvisation. Gentle jam sessions -- familiar territory for the ECM label.
In the past, Crispell has done spiky, adventurous piano pieces; lately she's been "ECM'ed," playing slower, exploratory styles that generally sound "nicer." (Traces of her old self show up on 8 and 10.)
Tempo is very loose throughout. All tracks feel kind of mid/slow.
1- Gentle midtempo; crystalline
2- Soft and lyrical, very pretty and obvious. The "hit single," if you will.
3- Still calm, but a bit stern
4- Floaty
5- Cascading theme
6- Midtempo, with a light energy
8- Second half gets energetic
9- Cute fluttering theme
10- Relatively fast, with tightly curled piano lines
11- Slow. Starts with crisp bass solo
In the past, Crispell has done spiky, adventurous piano pieces; lately she's been "ECM'ed," playing slower, exploratory styles that generally sound "nicer." (Traces of her old self show up on 8 and 10.)
Tempo is very loose throughout. All tracks feel kind of mid/slow.
1- Gentle midtempo; crystalline
2- Soft and lyrical, very pretty and obvious. The "hit single," if you will.
3- Still calm, but a bit stern
4- Floaty
5- Cascading theme
6- Midtempo, with a light energy
8- Second half gets energetic
9- Cute fluttering theme
10- Relatively fast, with tightly curled piano lines
11- Slow. Starts with crisp bass solo
Track Listing
| 1. | Wild Rose | 6. | Cosmology | |||
| 2. | Flight of the Bluejay | 7. | Limbo | |||
| 3. | The Storyteller | 8. | Play | |||
| 4. | Alone | 9. | The Sunflower | |||
| 5. | Harmonic Line | 10. | So Far, So Near |