Pliant Plaint

by Marty Ehrlich

Pliant Plaint cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Enja
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:29
  • Community rating: 3.35/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The versatile multi-instrumentalist led a stellar quartet through this highly engaging session of modern avant-garde jazz. Balancing free improvisation with intricate, swinging structures, the album highlights Ehrlich's fluid command of multiple woodwind instruments. The highly interactive ensemble playing solidified his reputation as a vital composer in the contemporary jazz realm.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Celebration In Capetown (7:26)
  2. The All Told Alto Blues (3:53)
  3. After After All (2:25)
  4. Pliant Plaint (7:50)
  5. After All (10:26)
  6. Willie Whipporwill's Back Slidin' Heart Throb Two-Step (6:29)
  7. What I Know Now (4:00)

Credits

  • Marty Ehrlich - primary artist, alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute
  • Anthony Cox - double bass
  • Bobby Previte - drums
  • Stanley Strickland - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute

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