Marilyn Crispell & Eddie Prévost: Band on the Wall (1994)

Marilyn Crispell - piano
Eddie Prévost - drums

“Never has free-jazz pianist Crispell played so aggressively and part of the credit goes to the English drummer Eddie Prévost, who works his kit with a manic intensity, prodding Crispell into improvisations so toughly executed that you can imagine damaged piano keys flying into the nightclub air...When the drums fade out Crispell often decelerates into a slow ballad style ... this ranks with her most dashing, vivacious and varied recordings.”
The Boston Phoenix (U.S.A.)

1. Opening Time (6 49")
2. Slow Chaser (3 59")
3. Fragments (2 48")
4. Dogbolter (2 05")
5. Apart (1) (2 33")
6. As our Tongues Lap up the Burning Air (6 29")
7. Old Thumper (1 08")
8. Night Moves (12 11")
9. Bishop's Finger (1 11")
10.Irons (3 47")
11.Quiet Now (3 37")
12.Spitfire (2 42")
13.Last Orders (8 20")

Recorded at a concert given at The Band on the Wall, Manchester, England on 26th May 1994.

front cover artwork: Allen Fisher

MRCD25