Rye Eclipse

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Rye Eclipse
Rye aclipse cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released2008
RecordedJune 28, 2007
StudioSystems Two, Brooklyn
Genre Jazz
Length43:23
Label Fresh Sound New Talent
Producer Kris Davis
Kris Davis chronology
The Slightest Shift
(2006)
Rye Eclipse
(2008)
Paradoxical Frog
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Rye Eclipse is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Kris Davis, which was recorded in 2007 and released on the Spanish Fresh Sound New Talent label. [2]

Contents

Reception

The All About Jazz review by Troy Collins states, "Elegantly balancing magnanimous collective expression with challenging pre-written forms, Rye Eclipse is a stellar example of creative improvised music." [3]

In a review for JazzTimes Thomas Conrad notes that, "In return for patience and trust and a wide-open mind, Kris Davis' music offers uncommon creative adventure." [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Kris Davis except as indicated
  1. "Rye Eclipse" – 10:31
  2. "Wayne Oskar" – 4:11
  3. "Prairie Eyes" – 5:29
  4. "Minnow Bucket" – 2:43
  5. "Empty Beehive" – 6:06
  6. "Samuro" – 3:09
  7. "Black Tunnel" – 7:30
  8. "Rye Resurrected" (Kris Davis, Tony Malaby, Eivind Opsvik, Jeff Davis) – 3:44

Personnel

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References

  1. "Rye Eclipse". Allmusic . Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  2. Rye Eclipse at Fresh Sound
  3. Collins, Troy Rye Eclipse review at All About Jazz
  4. Conrad, Thomas. Rye Eclipse review at JazzTimes