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This year, one of the greatest pianists of improvised music, Marilyn Crispell became the winner of the famous NEA Jazz Masters 2025 award, thus joining the ranks of such jazz wizards as, among others. in Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Cecil Taylor, Dizzy Gillespie, Sun Ra, Gil Evans, Sarah Vaughan, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Muhal Richard Abrams and Anthony Braxton, with whom, by the way, Marilyn spent several years in his second great quartet.
As all of us intrigued by jazz music probably know, the NEA Jazz masters laurel is a great honor and a momentous gesture by the American state to the achievements of artists. We are all the more pleased to rush to announce that Marilyn Crispell's latest album has been released with us.
It is a studio session realized in November 2023 at Utopia Studios Bearsville in Woodstock together with the excellent drummer Harvey Sorgen.
The album is part of an impressive series of duo sessions recorded in recent decades in the company of such artists as Gerry Hemingway, Hamid Drake, Tyshawn Sorey, Tim Berne, Gary Peacock, Louis Moholo, Tim Berne, Eddie Prevost, among others.
This year, one of the greatest pianists of improvised music, Marilyn Crispell became the winner of the famous NEA Jazz Masters 2025 award, thus joining the ranks of such jazz wizards as, among others. in Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Cecil Taylor, Dizzy Gillespie, Sun Ra, Gil Evans, Sarah Vaughan, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Muhal Richard Abrams and Anthony Braxton, with whom, by the way, Marilyn spent several years in his second great quartet.
As all of us intrigued by jazz music probably know, the NEA Jazz Masters laurel is a great honor and a momentous gesture by the American state to the achievements of artists. We are all the more pleased to rush to announce that Marilyn Crispell's latest album has been released with us.
It is a studio session realized in November 2023 at Utopia Studios Bearsville in Woodstock together with the excellent drummer Harvey Sorgen.
The album is part of an impressive series of duo sessions recorded in recent decades in the company of such artists as Gerry Hemingway, Hamid Drake, Tyshawn Sorey, Tim Berne, Gary Peacock, Louis Moholo, Tim Berne, Eddie Prevost, among others.
credits
released October 4, 2024
Marilyn Crispell / Harvey Sorgen
Forest
1. Forest 7:31
2. Overtones of Darkness and Light 4:56
3. Wolf Moon 8:45
4. Sandscape 3:57
5. Garden 3:41
6. Dulcimer 3:59
7. Borders 5:39
8. Air Dissolves, Sea Rushes In 3:34
9. Remembrance of Karl 3:16
10. Green 3:59
Total Time: 49:43
Marilyn Crispell – piano
Harvey Sorgen - drums
All compositions by Crispell/Sorgen except: “Sandscape”- Harvey Sorgen, “Garden” - Marilyn Crispell
Recorded and Mixed: November 2023 by Pete Caigan at Utopia Studios, Bearsville, Woodstock, NY
Mastered: December 2023 by Tod Levine at Magnetic North Studios, Saugerties, NY.
Photos: Michael Patric Kelly
Graphic Design: SEMAFOR
Executive Producer: Maciej Karłowski
Simply amazing to hear a new album with Wadada and Ewart!! ...And Reed rounds out this trio beautifully.
Just gave it my first spin. Absolutely magical. jeffrey maurer
The German experimental-jazz saxophonist's debut LP is steered by humanist principles, raw instinct, and collaborative chemistry. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 27, 2025
i was at 2 of these shows and they were a highlight of the year for me, so glad to see this music released -- the interplay is incredible and the interpretations are so fresh. the recording quality is excellent as well. e123