Yellow Fields

Yellow Fields is an album by German double bassist and composer Eberhard Weber recorded in September 1975 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features saxophonist Charlie Mariano, pianist Rainer Brüninghaus and drummer Jon Christensen.^[1]

Yellow Fields
Studio album by Eberhard Weber
Released	1976 (1976)
Recorded	September 1975 (1975-09)
Studio	Tonstudio Bauer Ludwigsburg, W. Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:19
Label	ECM 1066 ST
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Eberhard Weber chronology
Ring (Gary Burton album) (1974) Yellow Fields (1976) The Following Morning (1976)

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album four out of five stars.^[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it the maximum four stars and placed it in their Core Collection, writing "Weber's masterpiece is essentially a period piece which nevertheless still seems modern. The sound of it is almost absurdly opulent: bass passages and swimming keyboard textures that reverberate from the speakers, chords that seem to hum with huge overtones. The keyboard textures in particular are of a kind that will probably never be heard on record again."^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

Track listing

Side I

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Touch"	5:02
2.	"Sand-Glass"	15:34
Total length:		20:36

All tracks are written by Eberhard Weber.

Side II

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Yellow Fields"	10:06
2.	"Left Lane"	13:37
Total length:		23:43 44:19

Personnel

• Eberhard Weber – double bass
• Charlie Mariano – soprano saxophone, shehnai, nagaswaram
• Rainer Brüninghaus – piano, synthesizer
• Jon Christensen – drums

Technical personnel

• Manfred Eicher – producer
• Martin Wieland – engineer
• Maja Weber – cover
• Dieter Bonhorst – layout
• Gabi Winter – photography