submitted on Sun, 03/16/2008 - 06:06 in Jazz Group by Mike_Longo Similar media
Interdisciplinary artist Meredith Monk recorded mercy shortly before her sixtieth birthday in the year 2002, making it the eighth in a series of releases on the ECM New Series reaching back to Dolmen Music of 1981.
The original production was a multi-media stage work done with installation artist Ann Hamilton, while the recording involved much reworking of individual sections and parts including the addition of clarinet parts played by Bohdan Hilash. The result is a highly unified album held together by both mood and musical motive...
Source: allaboutjazz
Author: Budd Kopman
