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Gaia (Marilyn Crispell album)
1988 studio album by Marilyn Crispell From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Reception
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]
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Track listing
All compositions by Marilyn Crispell
- "Gaia" – 39:40
Personnel
- Marilyn Crispell – piano, harp, percussion
- Reggie Workman - bass, drums, percussion
- Doug James - drums, percussion
References
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