Too Close to the Pole
1996 studio album by Bobby Previte's Weather Clear, Track Fast
Too Close to the Pole | ||||
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Studio album by Bobby Previte's Weather Clear, Track Fast | ||||
Released | 1996 | |||
Recorded | April 26–29, 1996 | |||
Studio | Marweg EMI Studios, Cologne | |||
Genre | Avant-garde Jazz | |||
Length | 52:54 | |||
Label | Enja 9306 | |||
Producer | Bobby Previte | |||
Bobby Previte chronology | ||||
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Too Close to the Pole is an album by Bobby Previte's Weather Clear, Track Fast released on the Enja label in 1996.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "it is the chance-taking spirit of the musicians and their performances as a whole that make this a memorable release well worth several listens".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Bobby Previte except where noted.
- "Too Close to the Pole" - 4:14
- "3 Minute Heels" - 13:00
- "The Countess' Bedroom: from the Opera "The Queen Of Spades"" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) - 8:22
- "Save the Cups" - 7:31
- "The Eleventh Hour" - 14:16
- "Too Close to the Pole" [Reprise] - 8:30
- "Untitled" - 16:02
Personnel
- Bobby Previte – drums, voice
- Lindsey Horner - electric bass, tin whistles, voice
- Andy Laster - baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, voice
- Cuong Vu - trumpet, voice
- Jamie Saft - piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, voice
- Curtis Hasselbring - trombone, voice
- Andrew D'Angelo - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, voice
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Weather Clear, Track Fast (1991)
- Slay the Suitors (1993)
- Hue and Cry (1993)
- Too Close to the Pole (1996)
- Euclid's Nightmare (with John Zorn, 1997)
- Downtown Lullaby (with John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, and Wayne Horvitz, 1998)
- The Coalition of the Willing (2005)
- Set the Alarm for Monday (2007)
- Pan Atlantic (2009)
- We Two Kings: Charlie Hunter and Bobby Previte Play the Great Carols (with Charlie Hunter, 2015)
- Ponga