Book of Silk (album)

Book of Silk is the fourth album of Tin Hat Trio. It is a modern chamber music work, encompassing jazz in the Django and Grappelli vein with a haunting, acoustic soundscape that might have served as a film score.

Book of Silk
Studio album by
Tin Hat Trio
ReleasedAugust 10, 2004 (2004-08-10)
Genre
Length52:03
Label
Producer
Tin Hat Trio chronology
The Rodeo Eroded
(2002)		 Book of Silk
(2004)		 La giusta distanza (The Right Distance)
(2007)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz(positive) [1]
AllMusic[2]
BBC(positive) [3]
Pitchfork7.8/10 [4]
PopMatters{positive} [5]

Reviews were uniformly positive, with critics noting the more introspective and entirely instrumental turn (save for the closing lullaby).

Track listing
  1. "The Longest Night" – 3:54 (Orton)
  2. "The Clandestine Adventures of Ms. Merz" – 2:20 (Burger)
  3. "Compay" – 4:52 (Kihlstedt)
  4. "Invisible Mobile " – 4:45 (Orton)
  5. "March of the Smallest Feet" (Kihlstedt) – 3:58 (Kihlstedt)
  6. "Hotel Aurora" – 3:38 (Orton)
  7. "Osborne Avenue" – 3:34 (Burger)
  8. "Elliott Carter Family" – 3:52 (Parkins / Tin Hat Trio)
  9. "Things That Might Have Been" – 4:26 (Burger)
  10. "Red Hook Stoop" – 4:48 (Burger)
  11. "Same Shirt, Different Day" – 1:55 (Burger)
  12. "Pablo Looks Back" – 1:09 (Kihlstedt)
  13. "Light Black from Pole to Pole" – 2:49 (Kihlstedt)
  14. "Lauren's Lullaby" – 4:12 (Orton)
  15. "Empire of Light" – 2:59 (Orton / Coykedndall, arr. Orton)

Personnel

Song use

"March of the Smallest Feet" appeared on the documentary A Fierce Green Fire (2012).[6]

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gollark: Nothing.
gollark: Unless you want to know how to operate it.
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gollark: I have some example setups (with an extra chest because they're used as mail) in my base.

References
  1. Gottschalk, Kurt (2 Oct 2004). "Tin Hat Trio: Book of Silk". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. Johnson, Zac. "Book of Silk". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  3. Marsh, Peter (2004). "Tin Hat Trio Book of Silk Review". BBC Music. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. Zwickel, Jonathan. "Tin Hat Trio Book of Silk". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 11 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  5. Cibula, Matt (11 Nov 2004). "Tin Hat Trio: Book of Silk". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 11 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  6. "A Fierce Green Fire Soundtrack (2012) OST". Ringostrack. Archived from the original on 11 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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