Folly Seeing All This

Folly Seeing All This is a 1993 album by Michael Mantler.

Folly Seeing All This
Studio album by
Released1993
RecordedJune 1992
GenreAvant-garde jazz/Chamber jazz/Third stream
Length44:44
LabelECM Records
ProducerMichael Mantler
Michael Mantler chronology
Michael Mantler Live
(1987)
Folly Seeing All This
(1993)
Cerco un Paese Innocente
(1995)

Reception

The AllMusic review by Peter Nappi stated: "At once melodic and challenging, Folly Seeing All This is experimental chamber jazz at its most enjoyable".[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Tom HullB[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Track listing

Side A

  1. Folly Seeing All This - 28:44

Side B

  1. News - 11:31
  2. What Is the Word - 4:37

CD Release

  1. Folly Seeing All This - 28:44
  2. News - 11:31
  3. What Is the Word - 4:37

Personnel

Michael Mantler - Trumpet
Rick Fenn - Electric guitar (Listed in the liner notes only as guitar)
Wolfgang Puschnig - Alto flute
Karen Mantler - Piano, vocals on "What is the Word"
Dave Adams - Vibraphone, chimes
Samuel Beckett - words to "What is the Word"
Jack Bruce - Vocals on "What is the Word"

The Balanescu string quartet

Alexander Balanescu - Violin
Clare Connors - Violin
Bill Hawkes - Viola
Jane Fenton - Cello

References

  1. Nappi, P. AllMusic Review accessed November 8, 2011
  2. Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 938. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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