Capricorn Climber

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Capricorn Climber
Capricorn climber cover.jpeg
Studio album by Kris Davis
Released 2013
Recorded March 22, 2012
Studio Systems Two, Brooklyn
Genre Jazz
Length60:17
Label Clean Feed
Producer Kris Davis
Kris Davis chronology
Union
(2012)
Capricorn Climber
(2013)
Massive Threads
(2013)

Capricorn Climber is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Kris Davis, which was recorded in 2012 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In his review for AllMusic, Dave Lynch notes that, "even as the music lingers in a free rhythmic zone with fragmented, initially hesitant motifs, the sonic puzzle pieces fit together with a combination of improvisational looseness and the clear-cut intention of chamberesque modern composition, with nothing out of place." [2]

The Down Beat review by Shaun Brady states, "The sound of the quintet conjures a chamber ensemble in a state of decay, their grace and elegance evident but their tensions being revealed in enlightening fashion." [3]

In a double review for JazzTimes Lloyd Sachs says, "The quintet alternates between wide tonal brush strokes and brisk melodies, free-floating effects and knotty inventions." [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Kris Davis except as indicated
  1. "Too Tinkerbell" – 5:30
  2. "Pass the Magic Hat" – 9:50
  3. "Trevor's Luffa Complex" – 5:34
  4. "Capricorn Climber" – 11:33
  5. "Bottom of a Well" – 7:05
  6. "Big Band Ball" – 4:58
  7. "Pi Is Irrational" – 7:55
  8. "Dreamers in a Daze" (Davis, Maneri, Laubrock, Dunn, Rainey) – 4:38
  9. "Too Tinkerbell Coda" – 3:14

Personnel

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References

  1. Capricorn Climber at Clean Feed
  2. 1 2 Lynch, Dave. Kris Davis – Capricorn Climber: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Brady, Shaun. Capricorn Climber review. Down Beat July 13: page 56. Print.
  4. Sachs, Lloyd. Capricorn Climber review at JazzTimes