Yellow Fields is an album by German double bassist and composer Eberhard Weber recorded in September 1975 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features saxophonist Charlie Mariano, pianist Rainer Brüninghaus and drummer Jon Christensen.[1]
| Yellow Fields | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | September 1975 | |||
| Studio | Tonstudio Bauer Ludwigsburg, W. Germany | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 44:19 | |||
| Label | ECM 1066 ST | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Reception
editThe AllMusic review awarded the album four out of five stars.[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it the maximum four stars and placed it in their Core Collection, writing "Weber's masterpiece is essentially a period piece which nevertheless still seems modern. The sound of it is almost absurdly opulent: bass passages and swimming keyboard textures that reverberate from the speakers, chords that seem to hum with huge overtones. The keyboard textures in particular are of a kind that will probably never be heard on record again."[3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Eberhard Weber
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Touch" | 5:02 |
| 2. | "Sand-Glass" | 15:34 |
| Total length: | 20:36 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Yellow Fields" | 10:06 |
| 2. | "Left Lane" | 13:37 |
| Total length: | 23:43 44:19 | |
Personnel
edit- Eberhard Weber – double bass
- Charlie Mariano – soprano saxophone, shehnai, nagaswaram
- Rainer Brüninghaus – piano, synthesizer
- Jon Christensen – drums
Technical personnel
edit- Manfred Eicher – producer
- Martin Wieland – engineer
- Maja Weber – cover
- Dieter Bonhorst – layout
- Gabi Winter – photography
References
edit- ^ ECM discography accessed September 6, 2011
- ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed September 6, 2011
- ^ a b Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 7th ed. (Penguin, 2004: ISBN 978-0-14-101416-6).
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 205. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.