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Album Details: Tops of Trees

Release Date:01/01/1995
Label:Koch International
UPC:099923780229

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  • All Music Guide

    Tops of Trees was the first album as leader by harpist Carol Emanuel, a mainstay of the downtown New York avant-garde music scene since her early 80's participation in several of John Zorn's first projects. The ten pieces presented here are each by different composers (all of whom involved in that same scene); three are solo harp performances, the rest in revolving groups ranging from duos to quintets. Among the more successful are Evan Lurie's moody, Spanish-tinged Travel, master accordionist Guy Klucevsek's lovely Singing Sands and Zorn's knotty, harp-abusing Tasmanian Devil which allows Emanuel to pull out all stops and perhaps a few strings. Both of the more rock-oriented pieces, Amy Rubin's Blue Ridge and Bobby Previte's How Long Is the Coast of Brittany? fall flat, the former succumbing to an ECM-ish Muzak-y languor, the latter getting lost in a flurry of bombast. Improvising harpists are a relatively rare breed however (Zeena Parkins and Rhodri Davies being two other examples) a...nd it's certainly interesting and encouraging to hear players like Emanuel venture into the territory. Though Tops of Trees is a hit and miss affair, it's worth hearing for that reason alone. - Brian Olewnick, All Music Guide Read more Less

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