''Live at Vision Festival'' is a live album by the Stone Quartet: bassist

Joëlle Léandre Joëlle Léandre (born 12 September 1951 in Aix-en-Provence, France) is a French double bassist, vocalist, and composer active in Contemporary classical music, new music and free improvisation. In the field of contemporary music, she has perfor ...

, trumpeter Roy Campbell, pianist

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, and violist

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. It was recorded in June 2010 at the Vision Festival held at the

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in New York City, and was released in 2011 by

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Reception

In a review for ''

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'', Eyal Hareuveni called the album "an exemplary document of free-improvisation," and wrote: "It's free-flowing, full of musical ideas, unique dynamics with a cohesive narrative... The Stone Quartet offers cerebral music that demands the utmost attention, but rewards with an exceptional performance." Stef Gijssels of ''The Free Jazz Collective'' described the album as "a captivating listening experience" and stated: "the overall sound evolves like waves in a stream, with phrases colliding and contrasting, yet all moving in the same direction... there is the incredible sense of pace, quite slow, yet determined, creating eery soundscapes, full of longing and inherent tension between the four instruments. ''

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s Clifford Allen commented: "The general mode seems to be a continual breaking off into smaller, sparser combos and reconvening in massive whorls of sound... Though quite different in temperament, each possible pairing can result in some beautiful, intense improvising... At its heights, the Stone Quartet's Vision performance produced some captivating music that deserves a rehearing."

Track listing

Composed by Joëlle Léandre, Roy Campbell, Marilyn Crispell, and Mat Maneri. # "Vision One" – 32:20 # "Vision Two" – 9:20

Personnel

– double bass * Roy Campbell – trumpet, flute *

– piano *

– viola

References

{{Reflist 2011 live albums Joëlle Léandre live albums Roy Campbell Jr. live albums Marilyn Crispell live albums Mat Maneri live albums Ayler Records live albums