Forensic (album)
Forensic is an album by German jazz saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, which was recorded in 2003 and released on the British F-IRE label, a musician-run company associated to the F-IRE Collective.
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| Released | 2005 | |||
| Recorded | May 28, 2003 | |||
| Studio | Curtis Schwartz Studios, Ardingly | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 66:37 | |||
| Label | F-IRE | |||
| Producer | Ingrid Laubrock | |||
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Reception
The All About Jazz review by Chris May states "Mysterious, moody and close to the edge, Forensic plays like a new take on the noir tradition. It's astringent and shadowy, like you'd expect from noir, but it's also visceral, hot and exhilarating, like you probably wouldn't. A new noir for a new world disorder."[1]
In a review for The Guardian, John Fordham says "Some of the music is spookily dark and sepulchral, some of it delicately eccentric, some spun as slowly and symmetrically as a web, and the cello of Ben Davis is a constant source of both fresh melody and subtle timbres."[2]
Track listing
- All compositions by Ingrid Laubrock except 5, 8 & 10 which are free improvisations
- "Forensic Experts" – 4:00
- "Stone Lions" – 7:20
- "Monologue Man Pt I" – 2:01
- "Monologue Man Pt II" – 8:38
- "Us" – 4:49
- "Forensic" – 8:16
- "Clara" – 5:14
- "Stringding" – 6:06
- "Mirrors" – 7:45
- "BLT" – 12:28
Personnel
- Ingrid Laubrock – soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, vocal on 10
- Karim Merchant – piano
- Ben Davis – cello
- Larry Bartley – double bass
- Tom Skinner – drums, bells
- Julian Siegel – bass clarinet on 4
References
- May, Chris. Forensic review at All About Jazz
- Fordham, John. Forensic review at The Guardian