The Traveller's Tale

by Marty Ehrlich

The Traveller's Tale cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Enja
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 53:59
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Showcasing his immense versatility on woodwinds, Marty Ehrlich leads a highly capable quartet through intricate, fluid avant-garde compositions. 'The Traveller's Tale' balances complex structural writing with deeply expressive, open-ended improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: saxophone, flute, improvisation, chamber, melodic

Tracklist

  1. The Short Circle In The Long Line (6:46)
  2. The Reconsidered Blues (4:52)
  3. The Traveller's Tale (8:58)
  4. March (5:33)
  5. Alice's Wonderland (6:32)
  6. Melody For Madeleine (7:43)
  7. Plowshare People (7:40)
  8. Lonnie's Lament (5:55)

Credits

  • Oliver Jackson - artwork [cover painting]
  • Lindsey Horner - double bass
  • Bobby Previte - drums
  • Stanley Strickland - soprano saxophone [soprano sax], tenor saxophone [tenor sax], voice
  • Robin Holcomb - composed by
  • Charles Mingus - composed by
  • John Coltrane - composed by

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