Folly Seeing All This Explained

Folly Seeing All This
Type:album
Artist:Michael Mantler
Cover:Folly Seeing All This.jpg
Released:1993
Recorded:June 1992
Length:44:44
Label:ECM
ECM 1485
Producer:Michael Mantler
Prev Title:Michael Mantler Live
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Cerco un Paese Innocente
Next Year:1995

Folly Seeing All This is an album by Austrian jazz trumpeter Michael Mantler recorded in June 1992 and released on ECM the following year. The ensemble features guitarist Rick Fenn, flautist Wolfgang Puschnig, pianist Karen Mantler, percussionist Dave Adams and the Balanescu Quartet, with a guest appearance from vocalist Jack Bruce singing Samuel Beckett's final poem, "What Is the Word".

Reception

The AllMusic review by Peter Nappi stated: "At once melodic and challenging, Folly Seeing All This is experimental chamber jazz at its most enjoyable."[1]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Nappi, P. AllMusic Review accessed November 8, 2011