''Cello'' is a

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by cellist David Darling recorded over two sessions in November 1991 and January 1992 and released on

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Reception

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review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars stating "Superior cello playing by David Darling, a brilliant stylist who's not strictly, or even mainly, a jazz player. But he's an improviser, and his bowed and plucked solos are often astonishing in their clarity, depth, speed, and construction. He's also benefited by ECM's always-excellent production and mastering."Wynn, R
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Track listing

:''All compositions by David Darling except as indicated'' # "Darkwood I" - 2:21 # "No Place Nowhere" (David Darling, Manfred Eicher) - 4:39 # "Fables" - 5:04 # "Darkwood II" - 1:19 # "Lament" - 2:50 # " Two or Three Things" (for

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) (Darling, Eicher) - 4:43 # "Indiana Indian" - 3:24 # "Totem" - 2:13 # "Psalm" - 2:23 # "Choral" - 4:05 # "The Bell" - 2:39 # "In November" - 4:28 # "Darkwood III" - 3:19

Personnel

* David Darling –

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 ...

, 8-string electric cello

References

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