Your Life Flashes | ||||
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Studio album by Fieldwork | ||||
Released | 2002 | |||
Recorded | March 27, 2002 | |||
Studio | Sorcerer Sound, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 50:01 | |||
Label | Pi Recordings | |||
Producer | Fieldwork | |||
Vijay Iyer chronology | ||||
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Your Life Flashes is the debut album by Fieldwork, a collective trio consisting of Aaron Stewart on tenor saxophone, Vijay Iyer on piano, and Elliot Humberto Kavee on drums, which was recorded in 2002 and released on Pi Recordings. [1]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Tom Hull | A– [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
In his review for AllMusic, David R. Adler states, "Like much of what Iyer creates under his own name, this music has the distinction of being toe-tappingly accessible and yet, on a technical level, nearly incomprehensible. It is a highly specialized language, to be sure, but also an endlessly refreshing one." [2]
The JazzTimes review by Aaron Steinberg suggests, "Fieldwork's musicians have absorbed the highly rhythmic, dryly funky style that came out of the M-Base school and have adapted it to a cutting modern acoustic jazz setting. What sets Fieldwork apart, however, is the trio’s fervent and unwavering embrace of rhythm and attack." [5]
The All About Jazz review by Dan McLenaghan states, "Your Life Flashes sounds foreign and familiar and avant-garde and mainstream all at the same time." [6]
All compositions by Vijay Iyer except where noted.