''Book of Tells'' (subtitled ''Five Pieces for String Quartet'') is an album by violinist

Mark Feldman Mark Feldman (born 1955 in Chicago) is an American jazz violinist. Biography Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973–1980, in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980–1986, in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. He has performed with John Zorn, ...

which was released on the

Enja Enja Records is a German jazz record company and label based in Munich which was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971. The label's first release was by Mal Waldron, and early releases included European and Jap ...

label in 2001.Discogs album entry
accessed February 7, 2014

Reception

In a review for

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, Blair Sanderson stated that "As versatile a

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as he is a performer and recording artist, Mark Feldman demonstrates extraordinary skills and a wide range of expressions in ''Book of Tells''".

Track listing

''All compositions by Mark Feldman except as indicated'' # "Windsor Quartet" - 15:14 # "Kit Suite (Kit / Les Tenebrides / Murmur)" (Feldman/

Sylvie Courvoisier Sylvie Courvoisier (born 30 November 1968) is a composer, pianist, improviser and bandleader. She was born and raised in Lausanne, Switzerland, and has been a resident of New York City since 1998. She won Germany’s International Jazz Piano Pri ...

/Feldman) - 10:54 # "Xanax" - 4:53 # "Book Of Tells" - 10:59 # "Real Joe" - 8:09

Personnel

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

Erik Friedlander Erik Friedlander is an American cellist and composer based in New York City. A veteran of New York City's experimental downtown scene, Friedlander has worked in many contexts, but is perhaps best known for his frequent collaborations with sax ...

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

*Joyce Hammann - violin (track 1),

viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...

(tracks 2–5) *Cenovia Cummins - violin (tracks 2–5) *Lois Martin - viola (track 1)

References

Enja Records albums Mark Feldman albums 2001 albums {{2000s-jazz-album-stub