Draw Breath

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Draw Breath
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 26, 2007
RecordedJanuary 7–February 24, 2007
Genre West Coast Jazz, jazz-rock, avant-garde
Length73:30
Label Cryptogramophone
Producer The Nels Cline Singers
The Nels Cline Singers chronology
The Giant Pin
(2004)
Draw Breath
(2007)
The Celestial Septet
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Draw Breath is the third album released by The Nels Cline Singers in 2007. It featured both abrasive musical textures and gentler compositions such as "Caved-In Heart Blues" and "The Angel of Angels," the latter of which The New York Times called one of the prettiest works of Nels Cline's career. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Nels Cline

  1. "Caved-In Heart Blues" - 6:52
  2. "Attempted" - 8:50
  3. "Confection" - 4:17
  4. "An Evening at Pops'" - 16:03
  5. "The Angel of Angels" - 6:21
  6. "Recognize I" - 4:09
  7. "Mixed Message" - 14:58
  8. "Recognize II" - 3:41
  9. "Squirrel of God" - 8:19

Personnel

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 261. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. The New York Times, June 24, 2007.