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Splitting Image (album)

Splitting Image is a live album by the free improvisation trio Les Diaboliques, featuring pianist Irène Schweizer, vocalist Maggie Nicols, and double bassist Joëlle Léandre. It was recorded on November 7 and 8, 1994, at Rote Fabrik in Zürich, and was released in 1997 by Intakt Records.[1][2][3][4]

Splitting Image
Live album by
Les Diaboliques (Irène Schweizer, Maggie Nicols, and Joëlle Léandre)
Released1997
RecordedNovember 7 and 8, 1994
VenueRote Fabrik, Zürich
GenreFree improvisation
Length52:59
LabelIntakt
CD 048
ProducerPatrik Landolt
Les Diaboliques chronology
Les Diaboliques
(1994) 		Splitting Image
(1997) 		Live At The Rhinefalls
(2000)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz     [5]
AllMusic     [1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [6]
Tom Hull – on the WebB[7]

In a review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek stated that the musicians "are virtually incapable, as individuals or as a trio, of spitting out the sort of ill-defined twaddle that many groups of individuals do when they get together impromptu like this," and wrote: "This is more than impressive; this is an event."[1]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album "intriguing," and noted that "the level of interaction is as close and responsive as one might wish."[6]

Glenn Astarita of All About Jazz commented: "this trio delve into highly conversational interaction while purveying an overall sense of melodrama... Splitting Image is magnificent, beguiling and brimming with vivid imagery as it elicits thoughts of an off-Broadway play – complete with hefty doses of theatrical mannerisms, portrayed through music and lyric. Recommended."[5]

Track listing

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Composed by Irène Schweizer, Maggie Nicols, and Joëlle Léandre

  1. "Helas!" – 3:49
  2. "Uncle Peter" – 1:48
  3. "The Whole World" – 2:42
  4. "Bring Out Your Dead" – 1:07
  5. "Molto Strano" – 2:34
  6. "Stevens' Game" – 4:01
  7. "In a Balladesque Mood" – 4:13
  8. "Splitting Image" – 2:03
  9. "Two Waves" – 3:54
  10. "Silly Boy" – 3:57
  11. "Who is Adam?" – 6:08
  12. "The Very Last Tango" – 2:36
  13. "Little Nicols" – 2:23
  14. "Infinite Diversity" – 5:10
  15. "Quifecit" – 4:35
  16. "Valse Diabolique II" – 2:07

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Jurek, Thom. "Les Diaboliques: Splitting Image". AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "Les Diaboliques - Splitting Image". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "Irène Schweizer". Intakt Records. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "Intakt discography (Intakt 001 to 099)". JazzLists.com. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Astarita, Glenn (December 1, 1999). "Les Diaboliques (Schweizer - Nicols - Leandre): Splitting Image". All About Jazz. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 1164.
  7. ^ Hull, Tom (July 25, 2022). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
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