Storyteller (Marilyn Crispell album)
Encyclopedia
Storyteller is an album by pianist Marilyn Crispell
, bassist Mark Helias
, and drummer Paul Motian
recorded in 2003 and released on the ECM label.
Marilyn Crispell
Marilyn Crispell is an American jazz pianist and composer.-Biography:Crispell studied classical piano and composition at the New England Conservatory of Music. She has been a resident of Woodstock, NY since 1977 when she came to study and teach at Karl Berger's Creative Music Studio...
, bassist Mark Helias
Mark Helias
Mark Helias is an American jazz double bass player and composer born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.He did not begin playing the double bass until the age of 20, graduating from Yale University's School of Music with a Masters degree in 1976. He has also studied at Rutgers University...
, and drummer Paul Motian
Paul Motian
Stephen Paul Motian was an American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer of Armenian extraction.He first came to prominence in the late 1950s in the piano trio of Bill Evans, and later led several groups...
recorded in 2003 and released on the ECM label.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Storyteller is another triumph for Marilyn Crispell".Track listing
- All compositions by Marilyn Crispell except as indicated
- "Wild Rose" - 4:13
- "Flight of the Bluejay" (Paul Motian) - 4:39
- "The Storyteller" (Motian) - 6:06
- "Alone" - 4:45
- "Harmonic Line" (Mark Helias) - 5:55
- "Cosmology 2" (Motian) - 5:39
- "Limbo" (Helias) - 6:54
- "Play" (Motian) - 5:13
- "The Sunflower" (Motian) - 3:59
- "Cosmology 1" (Motian) - 4:02
- "So Far, So Near" - 9:27
- Recorded at Avatar Studios in New York City in February 2003
Personnel
- Marilyn CrispellMarilyn CrispellMarilyn Crispell is an American jazz pianist and composer.-Biography:Crispell studied classical piano and composition at the New England Conservatory of Music. She has been a resident of Woodstock, NY since 1977 when she came to study and teach at Karl Berger's Creative Music Studio...
— pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... - Mark HeliasMark HeliasMark Helias is an American jazz double bass player and composer born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.He did not begin playing the double bass until the age of 20, graduating from Yale University's School of Music with a Masters degree in 1976. He has also studied at Rutgers University...
— bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2... - Paul MotianPaul MotianStephen Paul Motian was an American jazz drummer, percussionist and composer of Armenian extraction.He first came to prominence in the late 1950s in the piano trio of Bill Evans, and later led several groups...
— drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....