A Long Story

A Long Story
Studio album by Anat Fort
Released 2007
Recorded March 2004, Systems Two Studio, Brooklyn
Genre Jazz
Length 56:50
Label ECM
ECM 1994
Producer Anat Fort and Manfred Eicher
Anat Fort chronology

Peel
(1999)		 A Long Story
(2007)		 And If
(2010)

A Long Story is an album by pianist and composer Anat Fort recorded in Brooklyn in 2004 and released on the ECM label in 2007.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
PopMatters [3]

The five star Allmusic review by Stephen Eddins states "Fort sets up a basic cool jazz sound and then strays far enough from the expectations she has created to keep the listener constantly engaged and intrigued... The strong character of each of the players and Fort's slightly offbeat musical material make every piece on this outstanding album a pleasure".[2] PopMatters correspondent Matt Cibula reflected "It’s pretty seldom that people can turn down the volume on this crazy world and really concentrate on things that really matter. Like comfortable shoes, and good spicy Spanish wine, and brilliant jazz albums like this".[3] Writing for All About Jazz, Dan McClenaghan noted "A Long Story is one of a handful of albums that can be listened to again and again while revealing different aspects of itself each time. Highly recommended".[4] Less enthsiastic was the JazzTimes review by Thomas Conrad which observed "Fort is a minimalist. She postulates elemental figures, spare lines that she hopes are suggestive. Such a less-is-more approach requires a special muse, and Fort’s ideas are mostly melodically slight".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Anat Fort except as indicated

  1. "Just Now, Var. I" - 4:14
  2. "Morning: Good" - 7:22
  3. "Lullaby" - 5:59
  4. "Chapter Two" (Anat Fort, Perry Robinson) - 3:43
  5. "Just Now, Var. II" - 3:59
  6. "Not a Dream?" - 5:24
  7. "Rehaired" - 5:55
  8. "As Two / Something 'Bout Camels" - 5:52
  9. "Not the Perfect Storm" - 7:21
  10. "Chapter One" - 4:14
  11. "Just Now, Var. III" - 2:14

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ ECM discography accessed December 2, 2013
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eddins, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 3, 2013
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cibula, M. PopMatters Review, April 3, 2007
  4. ↑ McClenaghan, D. All About Jazz Review, March 24, 2007
  5. ↑ Conrad, T. JazzTimes Review May 2007