Gaia (Marilyn Crispell album)
| Gaia | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | March 15, 1987 | |||
| Studio | Woodstock studio, Woodstock, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:40 | |||
| Label | Leo | |||
| Producer | Leo Feigin | |||
| Marilyn Crispell chronology | ||||
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Gaia is an album by American jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell, which was recorded in 1987 and released on the English Leo label.[1]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | A−[4] |
The Wire's 1988 critics poll listed Gaia as one of the best albums of that year. The editors wrote: "Named for the Greek Goddess of the Earth, GAIA affirms the power of the life-force in fierce, joyous music that is both sexual and spiritual..."[5]
In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "Gaia is too fragmented to be marketed as a single work, its editing is sloppy and incoherent, and the improvising here - by a trio that would later stun live audiences with its empathy and near telepathic communication - is too stilted and rudimentary."[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz says that "Gaia is one of the finest composition/improvisation records of the '80s, a hymn to the planet that is neither mawkish nor sentimental, but tough-minded, coherent and entire."[3]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Marilyn Crispell
- "Gaia" – 39:40
Personnel[edit]
- Marilyn Crispell – piano, harp, percussion
- Reggie Workman - bass, drums, percussion
- Doug James - drums, percussion
References[edit]
- ^ Marilyn Crispell Sessionography by Rick Lopez
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Marilyn Crispell – Labyrinths: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (7th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 374. ISBN 0141014164.
- ^ Hull, Tom. "Marilyn Crispell". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ "The Marilyn Crispell Trio: Gaia". Leo Records. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
