Robert Creeley

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Robert Creeley's oeuvre includes poems from as early as the '40s (and from his teaching days at Black Mountain College in the '50s), but on this CD the poet reads work written not long before this recording was made in 2000. Recorded in his home, the reading has a warm, intimate quality; the listener can savor the natural tone of his voice. Unlike Creeley's earlier work, which could be fragmentary and obscure, these poems feel whole and direct. This poet has often displayed a fondness for one- and two-syllable words as well as short poetic lines, and, indeed, much of this newer material is lean and spare. The passage of time and mortality are often the subjects here, but the poems are philosophical rather than morbid (although they can be tinged with a sort of tough melancholy). The album's longest piece is "Clemente's Images," a 25-part poem that reflects and responds to the artwork of Italian painter Francesco Clemente. It's a delight to hear these sculpted shards of language given breath by Creeley's voice. --Fred Cisterna

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Average customer rating: This is what it's all about This is a treasure on several fronts

So There Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Poetry | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Have We Told You All You'd Thought to Know? The Way Out is Via the Door Pilgrimage Sound Grammar Piano Solo ASIN: B000J104M4 Release Date: 2006-11-07

Tracks:

1. Oh No
2. Names
3. Here Again
4. Ambition
5. Indians
6. From Histoire De Florida
7. Sufi Sam Christian
8. Later
9. From Wellington, New Zealand/From Eight Plus
10. Miles
11. Just In Time
12. Return
13. Echo
14. Sad Advice
15. Riddle
16. Blue Moon
17. I Know A Man
18. A Valentine For Pen

Album Description

So There is Steve Swallow's music for string quartet, piano and electric bass - inspired by

and featuring the poetry of Robert Creeley (1926 - 2005), one of the most important American

poets of the 20th century.

The album is a unique and hugely enjoyable synthesis of words and music, and includes

Creeley's last recordings before his untimely death.

Swallow recorded Creeley reading his poems in upstate New York, wrote new music around

the poet's speech rhythms, then flew to Oslo to complete the project with Steve Kuhn and the

Cikada String Quartet.

Delivering one of the great performances of his life, pianist Steve Kuhn shows the broad

range of his technique, from intensely melodic invention to free swirling sound masses,

inspired by Swallow's string quartet writing and the laconic readings of Creeley.

Customer Reviews:

This is what it's all about.......2007-03-23

If I were to say only one thing here- it would be my recommendation that you get a copy of this magnificent CD for your own. You'll thank yourself for it! This is deep and beautiful and touching. I haven't enjoyed or been moved by music and words this way in a very long time. Steve Swallow is a genius. Steve Kuhn has never sounded better, the strings are perfect and Robert Creeley truly had his finger on it. This is the human condition played to perfection. I'm buying it many times over to give to friends.

This is a treasure on several fronts.......2007-02-07

Most notably, it presents Robert Creeley reading some of his memorable verse with sympathetic and imaginative accomapniement from Steve Swallow and his colleagues. This sin't Alan Ginsburg riffing with beatnick music, but two artists that are trying to get under the surface of each other's talents and shake the kaleidoscope up a bit. Largely, it all works. You will never listen to this at a party - it's something for your own soul, late at night when you are alone.
In that regard it puts me in mind of two other very moving collaborations: the CD by Liam O Flynn and Seamus Heaney from the mid-90's that evokes not just rural Northern Ireland, but that very essential Celtic Twilight that seems to enchant the soul; and the collaboartion among Bryan Murphy and Padraig Mc Giolla, with musician Breege Costello, called Ceolta na Sidhe - a Gaelic effort between Murphy and and Mc Giolla with incredibly haunting effects generated by Ms Costello.
In any case, that poetry and improvisational music should combine in a double helix is no surprise. That it continues to do so so effectively is a wonderful treat for the human soul in this troubled times.

Average customer rating: Finally...More from Robert Creeley! Finnally, more creeley to sink our teeth into...

Have We Told You All You'd Thought to Know? Robert Creeley , Chris Massey , Steve Swallow , David Cast , and David Torn Manufacturer: Cuneiform ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Way Out is Via the Door So There ASIN: B000055X3E Release Date: 2001-01-16

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. What's Heart To Say
3. Blunted Efforts As The Distance
4. I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
5. It Seemed Your Friend
6. Upon Reflection
7. I Was At The Door
8. I Like The Way
9. We're Here
10. Words Scattered
11. Mon Frere
12. Have We Told You All You'd Thought To Know?

Customer Reviews:

Finally...More from Robert Creeley!.......2001-04-24

If your a fan of robert creeley then this is a MUST have for your collection! This was a truely wonderful recording experience to be involved with and I think everyone's gracious spirit and musical respect shows thru on the CD. I would highly recommend this live recording, as mysterious, floating, edgy and deeply reflective and a great place to start if your new to Creeley's poetry. Also highly recommended is Steve Swallows 1980 release on ECM records "Home", which features Creeleys poetry and the vocal interpretations of the wonderful Sheila Jordan.

Finnally, more creeley to sink our teeth into..........2001-04-23

If your a fan of robert creeley, then this is a must have in your collection! Robert Creeley is wonderful here and the group behind him is exceptional. I loved Steve Swallows CD HOME on ECM, but this is even better. Romantic, mysterious, edgy and probing, with a beautiful electricity to the live performance. David Torn is superb as usual and Swallow is always a joy. Hignly recommended.

Average customer rating: linear shadings in the moment

The Way Out is Via the Door Manufacturer: 482 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jazz | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Have We Told You All You'd Thought to Know? So There Streaming Sound Grammar Orphans [Fold-out Digipak with 24-page booklet] ASIN: B000069V2L Release Date: 2002-07-16

Tracks:

1. Sincerely Y'alls: Everybody's Child / Does it seem mind's all?
2. I Dreamt I Dwelt...
3. Days the Weather Sits...
4. Hockets
5. Hullo Bolinas
6. Bloop in Spirit
7. What's Gone is Gone
8. Have We Told You...?
9. Where Do You Roam?
10. Uncantation
11. Despite the Sad Vagaries
12. Signs of Life
13. Incantation
14. Inchworm

Album Description

Courage is drummer Chris Massey, reed player John Mills and bassist Steve Swallow. "The Way Out is Via the Door" is a beautifully realized recording of intimate, creative jazz conversations, placing all three voices as equals and allowing the lines created to weave together and apart at will, sometimes floating over cushions of sound-wash, and creating spontaneous tension-release statements.

Customer Reviews:

linear shadings in the moment.......2004-04-28

If you are a connessouir of line in music and poetry, then this CD creates a wonderful environment for you to drop into.
Robert Creeley and Steve Swallow need no introduction, both are masters ond originators of linear performance. Chris Massey and John Mills are the new underlings, the apprentices, the artists who will take the idea's and run with them into a new world of extreme fragility. Here the lines weave in and out and around each other, spoken word and music. I've never heard a better represenataion of the joining of the two styles.
Saxophone, bass, drums, voice. Intimate and daring.
Why hasn't this been more visible in the print media???
A must for Creeley fans!

Average customer rating: Like a visit from an old friend

Robert Creeley Robert Creeley Manufacturer: Jagjaguwar ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Way Out is Via the Door Have We Told You All You'd Thought to Know? Robert Creeley and the Genius of the American Common Place: Together With the Poet's Own "Autobiography" So There Life & Death ASIN: B00005A0AY Release Date: 2001-03-06

Tracks:

1. For Hannah's 14th Birthday
2. For Will
3. 'Wild Nights, Wild Nights'
4. 'Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang...'
5. En Famille
6. Conversion To Her
7. Clemente's Images
8. As If
9. Possibilities
10. Anya
11. Thinking
12. 'When I Heard The Learn'd Astronomer...'
13. For The Phi Beta Kappa Ceremony
14. Cambridge, Mass 1944
15. Place To Be

Amazon.com

Robert Creeley's oeuvre includes poems from as early as the '40s (and from his teaching days at Black Mountain College in the '50s), but on this CD the poet reads work written not long before this recording was made in 2000. Recorded in his home, the reading has a warm, intimate quality; the listener can savor the natural tone of his voice. Unlike Creeley's earlier work, which could be fragmentary and obscure, these poems feel whole and direct. This poet has often displayed a fondness for one- and two-syllable words as well as short poetic lines, and, indeed, much of this newer material is lean and spare. The passage of time and mortality are often the subjects here, but the poems are philosophical rather than morbid (although they can be tinged with a sort of tough melancholy). The album's longest piece is "Clemente's Images," a 25-part poem that reflects and responds to the artwork of Italian painter Francesco Clemente. It's a delight to hear these sculpted shards of language given breath by Creeley's voice. --Fred Cisterna

Customer Reviews:

Like a visit from an old friend.......2001-07-23

Poet Robert Creeley's self titled cd is an amazing collection of poetry. The reading of his work is so intimate and personel that listening to this cd, recorded at his summer home in Maine, makes you feel as if you are being treated to a private reading by Mr. Creeley himself. The words to the poetry plus liner notes are included in the enclosed booklet. When you listen to this cd; pour yourself a cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy a visit from an old friend.

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