Many Have No Speech

by Michael Mantler

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 May 1988
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: Austria
  • Length: 34:17
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This highly ambitious avant-garde undertaking pairs the Austrian trumpeter's chamber-jazz arrangements with the poetry of Samuel Beckett, Ernst Meister, and Philippe Soupault. The complex, orchestral soundscapes feature vocal performances from Jack Bruce, Marianne Faithfull, and Robert Wyatt, alongside searing guitar lines from Rick Fenn. The deeply abstract, serious cross-pollination of literature and jazz highlights a rigorous European progressive vision.

Genres

Descriptors: experimental, avant-garde, spoken-word, orchestral, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Introduction (0:40)
  2. Just As Someone (0:46)
  3. Ce Qu'a De Pis (0:48)
  4. Alles Scheint Rand (0:59)
  5. Imagine (1:36)
  6. In The End (0:44)
  7. Vieil Aller (0:20)
  8. Rien Nul (0:20)
  9. Tant De Temps (2:16)
  10. En Face (0:20)
  11. Chaque Jour (0:20)
  12. Pss (1:44)
  13. En Cadence (1:59)
  14. Something There (3:29)
  15. Comrade (4:19)
  16. Den Atem Ausgetauscht (1:11)
  17. A L'abattoir (2:43)
  18. And What (0:57)
  19. D'o霉 La Voix (0:19)
  20. Fous Qui Disiez (0:19)
  21. Merk, Jetzt (1:01)
  22. Son Ombre (0:20)
  23. R锚ve (0:21)
  24. Life Connects (0:47)
  25. Prisonniers (2:39)
  26. Silence (1:03)
  27. Viele Haben Keine Sprache (1:57)

Credits

  • Rick Fenn - guitar
  • Jack Bruce - voice
  • Marianne Faithfull - voice
  • Robert Wyatt - voice
  • Ernst Meister - words by
  • Philippe Soupault - words by
  • Samuel Beckett - words by

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