Destiny (Marilyn Crispell album)

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Destiny
Destiny Marilyn Crispell Cover.jpeg
Live album by
Marilyn Crispell, Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake
Released1995
RecordedApril 8, 1994
VenueHotHouse, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length66:41
LabelOkka Disk
ProducerMarilyn Crispell
Marilyn Crispell chronology
Spring Tour
(1995) 		Destiny
(1995) 		Live at Mills College 1995
(1995)
Fred Anderson chronology
Black Horn Long Gone
(2010) 		Destiny
(1995) 		Birdhouse
(1996)

Destiny is an album by American jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell with saxophonist Fred Anderson and drummer Hamid Drake recorded in the 1994 "Women of the New Jazz" festival at Chicago’s HotHouse and released on Okka Disk.

Background[]

First time she heard Anderson playing tenor sax at the Velvet Lounge, Crispell knew she would work with him. Asked with whom she wanted to play at the festival, she took the opportunity. Crispell and Drake had already worked together as a trio with German saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, playing a short run of concerts that resulted in the album Hyperion, released on Music & Arts.The three musicians had played together only in a studio rehearsal the day before the live show.[1]

Anderson and Drake recorded a duet at this session that was included on Anderson's Birdhouse (1996).

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3.5/4 stars[3]
Down Beat4.5/5 stars[4]

In her review for AllMusic, Joslyn Layne states "this is an incredible performance by a stunning group of musicians whose skill and chemistry completely sidestep the fact that this is only the second time that these three great jazz improvisers ever played together."[2]

The Down Beat review by Jon Andrews says that Anderson "communicates without the harshness and split tones that alienated many listener in that era" and notes that Crispell "displays a broad range of expression from percussive rage to crystalline delicacy."[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Marilyn Crispell, Hamid Drake, Fred Anderson
  1. "Destiny 1" - 14:16
  2. "Destiny 2" - 8:26
  3. "Destiny 3" - 7:29
  4. "Destiny 4" - 13:36
  5. "Destiny 5" - 14:37
  6. "Destiny 6" - 8:17

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Destiny at Okka Disk
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Layne, Joslyn. Marilyn Crispell – Destiny: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 350. ISBN 0-14-051521-6.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Andrews, Jon. Destiny review. Down Beat June 95: page 52. Print.
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