Your Life Flashes
| 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]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| 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]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Vijay Iyer except where noted.
- "In Medias Res" – 6:03
- "Accumulated Gestures" – 5:43
- "Sublimination" (Aaron Stewart) – 4:37
- "Generations" – 5:49
- "Mosaic" (Aaron Stewart) – 4:51
- "Sympathy" – 4:21
- "Step Lively" – 2:53
- "Horoscape" – 4:51
- "The Inner World" – 5:29
- "Path of Action (for Horace Tapscott)" – 5:24
Personnel[edit]
- Vijay Iyer – piano
- Aaron Stewart – tenor saxophone
- Elliot Humberto Kavee – drums
References[edit]
- ^ Your Life Flashes on Pi Recordings
- ^ a b Adler, David R.. Fieldwork – Your Life Flashes: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
- ^ Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Vijay Iyer". tomhull.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 751. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Steinberg, Aaron. Your Life Flashes review at JazzTimes
- ^ McLenaghan, Dan. Your Life Flashes review at All About Jazz
