King Crimson Songbook, Vol. 2

The Crimson Jazz Trio | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Inner Knot
• ASIN: B001SGEUS8
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,316 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Court of the Crimson King

2. Pictures of a City

3. One Time

4. Frame by Frame

5. Inner Garden

6. Heartbeat

7. Press Gang

8. Zero Dark Thirty

9. Formentera Lady

10. Sailor's Tale

11. The Plank

12. Lament

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good music experience, a fitting final work, April 10, 2009

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Skyclad Runner (Ventura, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King Crimson Songbook, Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

It is both a sad and happy experience listening to this CD. Sad that it is the last one and happy that it is so good. It is more experimental than the first volume and the musicianship is top notch.

The standouts for me were In the Court of the Crimson King and One Time. ItCotCK demonstrates the perfect blending of jazz and the original melody for me. I do not know the original melody for One Time, that comes from an incarnation of KC that I didn't listen to but I loved the song. I will have to check out the original.

Other very good songs were Frame by Frame, The Plank and Lament. The Plank is an original composition by Landers featuring mostly bass that I liked and Lament retained the original melody but layered a building intensity on it.

The rest was good. I heartily recommend this CD to everyone, KC fans or not!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Far exceeded my expectations, November 4, 2009

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DLSH - See all my reviews

This review is from: King Crimson Songbook, Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

My musical tastes these days would rank classical, then jazz, then rock. That said, KC has always been a favorite for its falling between or blending these genres in many ways. I am also a big consumer of Robert's Soundscapes for the same reason.

I had read that this had been recorded, but I was afraid it would never see the market. I have to admit I was compelled to buy this in large part to support the project, and especially Ian Wallace's family's income now that he is gone, and DGM/Inner Knot for putting it out. I had listened to the samples for Vol. 1, and I was not all that impressed, and expected this to fall somewhere in the Claude Bolling-like area of "Swing Crimson" as it was referred to in the liner notes. But the reviews have been good, so I jumped with kind of low expectations.

However, I am here to say that this is a TERRIFIC ALBUM. The energy and engagement is very high. "Swing Crimson" does indeed sell this short. The style is somewhere in the Brad Mehldau-ish area, modern but poignant or swinging very hard in turn. The playing is just really good, interesting, joyful, and totally satisfying. Good jazz, tunes suited to the style, and a lot of fun. You can tell these guys just loved making this, had something to say, and totally said it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Epitaph, June 22, 2009

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Robert J. Salo (Anaheim Hills , Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: King Crimson Songbook, Vol. 2 (Audio CD)

Ian is history. But this remains and is surely his finest moment in a long distinguished career.I wish I knew of anyone else that is into playing this stuff, it's tremendous. Sadly there will be no more CJ3.