''A Very Still Life'' is the first and only album by

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, released on the Lucid Subjazz label, in which he plays the flute. It was released on May 27, 1997. The 5000-unit limited release was reviewed in

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online as "weird" but "good natured".Essex, Andrew (December 26, 1997)
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. The CD initially suffered from slow sales. As of 1997, 1400 units had been sold. Kevorkian wrote all the songs but one; the album was reviewed in ''jazzreview.com'' as "very much grooviness" except for one tune, with "stuff in between that's worthy of multiple spins."

Track listing

# Whispering, Came Violets # Summertooth # Brotherhood Of # Very Still Life # August to Amber # Fuguetta Caffeine # Interlude: Unfinished Minuet # In Strange Loops # Back at Abby's # Interlude: Gavat # Geoff's Mood # Une Lettre de Jean

References

1997 debut albums Jazz albums by American artists Jack Kevorkian albums {{1990s-jazz-album-stub