Circles (Marilyn Crispell album)

Circles is a live album by pianist Marilyn Crispell. It was recorded at the 8th Festival International De Musique Actuelle De Victoriaville in Victoriaville, Canada in October 1990, and was released in 1991 by Les Disques Victo. On the album, Crispell is joined by saxophonists Oliver Lake and Peter Buettner, bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer Gerry Hemingway.[1][2]

Circles
Live album by
Marilyn Crispell
Released1991
RecordedOctober 7, 1990
Venue8th Festival International De Musique Actuelle De Victoriaville, Victoriaville, Canada
GenreFree jazz
LabelLes Disques Victo
VICTO CD 012
ProducerMichel Levasseur

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

In a review for AllMusic, François Couture wrote: "The Crispell/Workman/Hemingway unit is tightly locked, but strangely it is the two saxophonists who inherited most of the melodies. 'Rituel' begins on a slow free improvisational crescendo. It turns into cathartic mayhem before a compositional structure becomes apparent. The other pieces are more restrained and planned, showing Crispell's taste for the romantically solemn. 'Chant' is built on a short leitmotiv reiterated by the saxes throughout the ten minutes or so of the piece... Circles has its moments, but it stands far from Crispell's best efforts."[5]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 3 stars, and stated: "Four long compositions which move into free territory before revealing their structure. Unusual at this period to hear Crispell work with horns... one... senses a certain desire to keep out of the front line and concentrate on shaping the inner contours of quite turbulent music... The chemistry with Workman and Hemingway is fresh and fissile."[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Marilyn Crispell.

  1. "Rituel" – 23:09
  2. "Sorrow" – 9:09
  3. "Circles" – 10:15
  4. "Chant" – 11:21
  • Recorded at the 8th Festival International De Musique Actuelle De Victoriaville in Victoriaville, Canada on October 7, 1990.

Personnel

References
  1. "Marilyn Crispell: Circles". Jazz Music Archives. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  2. Lopez, Rick. "The Marilyn Crispell Sessionography". bb10k. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  3. Erlewine, Michael; Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Yanow, Scott, eds. (1996). All Music Guide to Jazz (2nd ed.). Miller Freeman. p. 179.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 318.
  5. Couture, François. "Marilyn Crispell: Circles". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
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