''Santuerio'' is a live album by pianist

Marilyn Crispell Marilyn Crispell (born March 30, 1947) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Scott Yanow described her as "a powerful player... who has her own way of using space... She is near the top of her field." Jon Pareles of ''The New York Times'' ...

. It was recorded at

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in New York City in May 1993, and was released later that year by

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. On the album, Crispell is joined by violinist

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, cellist

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, and drummer

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Reception

In a review for

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, Brian Olewnick wrote that on ''Santuerio'', the music, "here essentially an eight-part suite, took on a more elegiac, overtly spiritual tone. The pieces are draped around the loosest of thematic materials, the musicians instead using the wisps of ideas to gently launch into introspective investigations, occasionally coalescing into brief, more frenzied bouts, but generally remaining in a pensive state... Overall, it's an impressive achievement, showing a new side of this fascinating musician." The authors of the ''

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'' awarded the album 4 stars, and stated: "''Santuerio'' marks Crispell's full emergence as a composer... much of the music is improvised, but it is linked by elemental structures... and a visionary spirit... ''Santuerio'' tackles huge themes, but there is nothing grandiose or overblown about it. The music is beautifully controlled and specific. Crispell's finest hour."

Track listing

All compositions by Marilyn Crispell. # "Entrances of Light" – 6:10 # "Air / Fire" – 10:32 # "Water" – 2:57 # "Burning Air / Wood" – 5:01 # "Santuerio" – 13:24 # "Repercussions of Light" – 9:32 # "Red Shift" – 13:44 # "Repercussions of Air I / Repercussions of Air II" – 7:25

Personnel

– piano *

– violin *

– cello *

– drums

References

{{Authority control 1993 live albums Marilyn Crispell live albums Leo Records live albums