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

label in 2001.Discogs album entry
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Reception

In a review for

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, Blair Sanderson stated that "As versatile a

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

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 and improviser. Career Courvoisier, originally from Lausanne, Switzerland, has lived in Brooklyn, New York for years. She has led several groups over the years, recorded 10 albu ...

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

Personnel

* Mark Feldman -

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

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 cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

*Joyce Hammann - violin (track 1),

viola The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

(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