The Sweetness of the Water

by Spring Heel Jack

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Thirsty Ear
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 44:08
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Peter Gordon, Ashley Wales, Mark Sanders, Evan Parker, John Edwards, John Coxon, Wadada Leo Smith

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Forming the fourth installment in the Thirsty Ear Blue Series, this album sees the British electronic duo further blurring the lines between IDM programming and free jazz. By collaborating extensively with avant-garde luminaries, the release focuses on meditative atmospheres, elegant trumpet phrasing, and abstract, structured improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, avant-garde, experimental, acoustic, minimal

Tracklist

  1. Track Four (6:40)
  2. Quintet (4:56)
  3. Lata (3:28)
  4. Duo (2:34)
  5. Track One (7:16)
  6. Inlet (4:33)
  7. Track Two (8:49)
  8. Autumn (5:52)

Credits

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