''Rye Eclipse'' is an album by Canadian jazz pianist

Kris Davis Kris Davis (born 1980) is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Early life Davis was born in Vancouver in 1980 and grew up in Calgary, Alberta. She studied classical piano from the age of six and discovered jazz while a high school student. She ...

, which was recorded in 2007 and released on the Spanish

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Reception

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review by Troy Collins states, "Elegantly balancing magnanimous collective expression with challenging pre-written forms, ''Rye Eclipse'' is a stellar example of creative improvised music."Collins, Tro
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'' Thomas Conrad notes that, "In return for patience and trust and a wide-open mind, Kris Davis' music offers uncommon creative adventure."Conrad, Thomas
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Kris Davis except as indicated'' # "Rye Eclipse" – 10:31 # "Wayne Oskar" – 4:11 # "Prairie Eyes" – 5:29 # "Minnow Bucket" – 2:43 # "Empty Beehive" – 6:06 # "Samuro" – 3:09 # "Black Tunnel" – 7:30 # "Rye Resurrected" (Kris Davis, Tony Malaby, Eivind Opsvik, Jeff Davis) – 3:44

Personnel

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

Tony Malaby Tony Malaby (born January 12, 1964) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Malaby was born in Tucson, Arizona. He moved to New York City in 1995 and played with several notable jazz groups, including Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, ...

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saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

Eivind Opsvik Eivind Opsvik (born 1973 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass) and composer, the son of the Norwegian interior and furniture designer Peter Opsvik. Career Opsvik is a graduate of the Norwegian Academy of Music (1993� ...

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

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