Too Close to the Pole

Too Close to the Pole is an album by Bobby Previte's Weather Clear, Track Fast released on the Enja label in 1996.^[1][2]

Too Close to the Pole
Studio album by Bobby Previte's Weather Clear, Track Fast
Released	1996
Recorded	April 26–29, 1996
Studio	Marweg EMI Studios, Cologne
Genre	Avant-garde Jazz
Length	52:54
Label	Enja 9306
Producer	Bobby Previte
Bobby Previte chronology
Hue and Cry (1993) Too Close to the Pole (1996) Euclid's Nightmare (1997)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "it is the chance-taking spirit of the musicians and their performances as a whole that make this a memorable release well worth several listens".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bobby Previte except where noted.

1. "Too Close to the Pole" - 4:14
2. "3 Minute Heels" - 13:00
3. "The Countess' Bedroom: from the Opera "The Queen Of Spades"" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) - 8:22
4. "Save the Cups" - 7:31
5. "The Eleventh Hour" - 14:16
6. "Too Close to the Pole" [Reprise] - 8:30
7. "Untitled" - 16:02

Personnel

• Bobby Previte – drums, voice
• Lindsey Horner - electric bass, tin whistles, voice
• Andy Laster - baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, voice
• Cuong Vu - trumpet, voice
• Jamie Saft - piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, voice
• Curtis Hasselbring - trombone, voice
• Andrew D'Angelo - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, voice