In Formation

In Formation is the first studio album by the Kronos Quartet. It contains compositions by Ken Benshof, Hunt Beyer, Alan Dorsey, John Geist, David Kechley, and others. The album was re-issued on CD on 17 December 1993 (Reference #RR-9CD).

In Formation
Studio album by Kronos Quartet
Released	1982 (1982)
Recorded	1979 at St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco
Genre	Contemporary classical
Label	Reference Recordings (#9)
Kronos Quartet chronology
In Formation (1982) Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk (1985)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Funky Chicken"	David Kechley	3:17
2.	"Remember"	Ken Benshoof	3:23
3.	"Blues"	Derek Thunes	3:42
4.	"When"	Benshoof	2:24
5.	"Enantiodromia High"	Hunt Beyer	3:24
6.	"Joan's Blue"	Alan Dorsey	3:32
7.	"Wind on My Back"	Thunes	5:09
8.	"The Junk Food Blues"	John Whitney	2:32
9.	"Dark Razz"	John Geist	3:38
10.	"Whatever Happened to the Hoodoo Meat Bucket?"	Dorsey	2:29

Critical reception

In Fanfare magazine, the albums was praised highly: "In imaging, transient accuracy and timbre, one of the finest string quartet discs ever issued."^[1]

Personnel

• David Harrington – violin
• John Sherba – violin
• Hank Dutt – viola
• Joan Jeanrenaud – cello