The 23 Constellations of Joan Mir贸

by Bobby Previte

The 23 Constellations of Joan Mir贸 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 February 2001
  • Label: Tzadik
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 55:05
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Composed as a direct musical response to the iconic surrealist paintings of Joan Mir贸, this album is a highly orchestrated, conceptual achievement. The drummer and composer leads an unconventional ten-piece ensemble through twenty-three brief, incredibly quirky, and atmospheric avant-garde jazz miniatures.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, avant-garde, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Sunrise (3:07)
  2. The Escape Ladder (2:15)
  3. People At Night, Guided By The Phosphorescent Tracks Of Snails (2:24)
  4. Women On The Beach (2:11)
  5. Woman With Blonde Armpit Combing Her Hair By The Light Of The Stars (2:15)
  6. Morning Star (2:34)
  7. Wounded Personage (2:23)
  8. Woman And Birds (2:11)
  9. Woman In The Night (2:00)
  10. Acrobatic Dancers (2:15)
  11. The Nightingale's Song At Midnight And Morning Rain (2:43)
  12. On The 13th, The Ladder Brushed The Firmament (2:20)
  13. Nocturne (2:49)
  14. The Poetess (2:13)
  15. Awakening In The Early Morning (2:42)
  16. Toward The Rainbow (2:54)
  17. Women Encircled By The Flight Of A Bird (1:32)
  18. Women At The Border Of A Lake Irradiated By The Passage Of A Swan (2:06)
  19. The Migratory Bird (2:16)
  20. Ciphers And Constellations In Love With A Woman (2:03)
  21. The Beautiful Bird Revealing The Unknown To A Pair Of Lovers (2:42)
  22. The Rose Dusk Caresses The Sex Of Women And Of Birds (2:13)
  23. The Passage Of The Divine Bird (For Aaron Copland] (2:57)

Credits

  • Kirk Nurock - conductor
  • Wayne Horvitz - soloist, organ [hammond], electronics, electric piano [fender rhodes], electronics, organ [hammond], electronics, harmonica, electronics, piano, organ [hammond]
  • Elizabeth Panzer - harp
  • Jamie Saft - piano, piano, celesta, celesta, piano, organ [hammond]
  • Jane Ira Bloom - soprano saxophone, effects [wind sounds]
  • Lew Soloff - trumpet, piccolo trumpet, trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Ralph Alessi - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Ned Rothenberg - bass clarinet

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