Autumn Fires (and Green Shoots)

Autumn Fires (and Green Shoots)
Studio album by
Django Bates
Released1994
Recorded15 & 16 February 1994
StudioElectric Lady Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length64:45
LabelJMT
JMT 514 014
ProducerStefan F. Winter
Django Bates chronology
Summer Fruits (and Unrest)
(1993) 		Autumn Fires (and Green Shoots)
(1994) 		Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze)
(1995)

Autumn Fires (and Green Shoots) is a solo album by composer and pianist Django Bates which was recorded in 1994 and released on the JMT label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating "English pianist Django Bates has a crazy sense of humor, the ability to use dissonance and noise as a logical part of his music, and a fresh approach to group playing. On this CD, a solo piano outing, he is more subtle than on his group albums and the music takes a little while to cut loose".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Django Bates except as indicated

  1. "Autumn Leaves (Autumn Fires)" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 6:16
  2. "Sweetie" – 5:41
  3. "Jetty" – 5:12
  4. "Ralf's Trip" – 3:36
  5. "Is There Anyone Up There?" – 6:00
  6. "Hollyhocks" – 6:07
  7. "Solitude" (Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) – 5:25
  8. "The Loneliness of Being Right (Part 2)" – 3:39
  9. "Rat King" – 1:54
  10. "Dufy" – 4:52
  11. "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane) – 3:40
  12. "Calm Farm (For Paggy)" – 4:35
  13. "Infinity in a Twinkling" – 7:41

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed 9 December 2014
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed 10 December 2014
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.