Gaia is an album by American jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell, which was recorded in 1987 and released on the English Leo label.[1]
Gaia | ||||
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Released | 1988 | |||
Recorded | March 15, 1987 | |||
Studio | Woodstock studio, Woodstock, New York | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:40 | |||
Label | Leo | |||
Producer | Leo Feigin | |||
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Reception
editReview scores | |
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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
editAll 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.