Folly Seeing All This

Folly Seeing All This
Studio album by Michael Mantler
Released 1993
Recorded June 1992
Genre Avant-garde jazz/Chamber jazz/Third stream
Length 44:44
Label ECM Records
Producer Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler chronology

Michael Mantler Live
(1987)
Folly Seeing All This
(1993)
Cerco un Paese Innocente
(1995)

Folly Seeing All This is a 1993 album by Michael Mantler.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Peter Nappi awarded the album 3 stars stating "At once melodic and challenging, Folly Seeing All This is experimental chamber jazz at its most enjoyable".[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

LP release

Side A

  1. Folly Seeing All This - 28:44

Side B

  1. News - 11:31
  2. What Is the Word - 4:37

CD Release

  1. Folly Seeing All This - 28:44
  2. News - 11:31
  3. What Is the Word - 4:37

Personnel

Michael Mantler - Trumpet
Rick Fenn - Electric guitar (Listed in the liner notes only as guitar)
Wolfgang Puschnig - Alto flute
Karen Mantler - Piano, vocals on "What is the Word"
Dave Adams - Vibraphone, chimes
Samuel Beckett - words to "What is the Word"
Jack Bruce - Vocals on "What is the Word"

The Balanescu string quartet

Alexander Balanescu - Violin
Clare Connors - Violin
Bill Hawkes - Viola
Jane Fenton - Cello

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nappi, P. Allmusic Review accessed November 8, 2011