Labyrinths (Marilyn Crispell album) explained

Labyrinths
Type:	live
Artist:	Marilyn Crispell
Cover:	Labyrinths_Crispell_cover.jpeg
Released:	1988
Recorded:	October 2, 1987
Venue:	Victoriaville, Canada
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	45:25 (LP) 57:22 (CD)
Label:	Victo
Chronology:	Marilyn Crispell
Prev Title:	Gaia
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Duets Vancouver 1989
Next Year:	1989

Labyrinths is a solo album by American jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell which was recorded live at the 1987 edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville and released on the Canadian Victo label.^[1] The CD edition adds a bonus track.

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Stephen Cook states "Labyrinths finds avant garde jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell balancing Cecil Taylor's cataclysmic and staunchly free piano style with her own melodic and spacious take on free improvisation."

The Penguin Guide to Jazz says that "What she creates here is logically formed, expressively coherent and quietly perfect. This is one or her best records of the '80s and certainly one of the best of the solo recordings."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Marilyn Crispell except where noted.

"Threads in the Ozone" – 11:57
"Still Womb of Light (for Ann Sheldon)" – 7:50
"You Don't Know What Love Is" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) – 4:45
"Labyrinths" – 6:55
"Lazy Bird" (John Coltrane) – 3:40
"After the Rain" (John Coltrane) – 9:10
"Au Chanteur Qui Danse (for Cecil Taylor)" – 8:35
"Encore" – 2:30
"Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen) – 2:00

Note

Track 1 does not appear on original LP.

Personnel

Marilyn Crispell – piano

Notes and References

http://www.bb10k.com/CRISPELL.disc.html Marilyn Crispell Sessionography by Rick Lopez
Book: Cook, Richard. Richard Cook (journalist)
. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian Morton . Brian Morton (Scottish writer) . The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. registration. 7th. The Penguin Guide to Jazz. 2004. Penguin. London. 0141014164. 374.