Santuerio

Santuerio
Live album by
Marilyn Crispell
Released1993
RecordedMay 5, 1993
VenueRoulette, New York City
GenreFree Jazz
LabelLeo Records
CD LR 191
ProducerLeo Feigin, Marilyn Crispell

Santuerio is a live album by pianist Marilyn Crispell. It was recorded at Roulette in New York City in May 1993, and was released later that year by Leo Records. On the album, Crispell is joined by violinist Mark Feldman, cellist Hank Roberts, and drummer Gerry Hemingway.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
Tom Hull – on the WebB[4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[5]

In a review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick wrote that on Santuerio, the music, "here essentially an eight-part suite, took on a more elegiac, overtly spiritual tone. The pieces are draped around the loosest of thematic materials, the musicians instead using the wisps of ideas to gently launch into introspective investigations, occasionally coalescing into brief, more frenzied bouts, but generally remaining in a pensive state... Overall, it's an impressive achievement, showing a new side of this fascinating musician."[2]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 4 stars, and stated: "Santuerio marks Crispell's full emergence as a composer... much of the music is improvised, but it is linked by elemental structures... and a visionary spirit... Santuerio tackles huge themes, but there is nothing grandiose or overblown about it. The music is beautifully controlled and specific. Crispell's finest hour."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Marilyn Crispell.

  1. "Entrances of Light" – 6:10
  2. "Air / Fire" – 10:32
  3. "Water" – 2:57
  4. "Burning Air / Wood" – 5:01
  5. "Santuerio" – 13:24
  6. "Repercussions of Light" – 9:32
  7. "Red Shift" – 13:44
  8. "Repercussions of Air I / Repercussions of Air II" – 7:25

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Marilyn Crispell: Santuerio". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Olewnick, Brian. "Marilyn Crispell: Santuerio". AllMusic. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1998). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. p. 357.
  4. ^ Hull, Tom. "Marilyn Crispell". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 213.