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Released
  
1992

Length
  
70:43

Artist
  
Tom Varner

Label
  
Soul Note

Recorded
  
March 5 & 6, 1996

Producer
  
Tom Varner

Release date
  
1992

Genre
  
Jazz

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Martian Heartache(1996)
  
The Window Up Above(1997)

Similar
  
Jazz French Horn, The Mystery of Compassion, Tom Varner Quartet

Martian Heartache is an album by American jazz French horn player and composer Tom Varner recorded in 1996 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Chris Kelsey awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This album is one of the finest manifestations of the experimental impulse in jazz to be heard in some time".

Track listing

All compositions and arrangements by Tom Varner except as indicated
  1. "Nuke 'em Tony" - 3:02
  2. "Keep It Up" - 7:46
  3. "Martian Affirmation" - 6:08
  4. "Venus with a Syringe" - 3:45
  5. "Precarious Dog" - 0:58
  6. "Isaac Has a Vision on the Subway" - 6:16
  7. "The Quick and the Dead" - 4:39
  8. "Send Me a Probe" - 0:50
  9. "Tough Luck" - 5:44
  10. "Betsy Says Yes" - 1:18
  11. "Eva Etc." - 10:09
  12. "Anxiety All the Time" - 0:40
  13. "Learn Something!" - 5:30
  14. "Small Cry Big Laugh" - 11:13
  15. "Lady Gay" (Traditional) - 3:24
  • Recorded at Tedesco Studios in New Jersey on March 5 & 6, 1996

    • Personnel

  • Tom Varner - French horn
  • Ed Jackson - alto saxophone
  • Ellery Eskelin - tenor saxophone
  • Drew Gress - bass
  • Tom Rainey - drums
  • Pete McCann - guitar (tracks 2, 5 & 11)
  • Dominique Eade - vocals (track 15)

    • Songs

    1Nuke 'em Tony3:02
    2Keep It Up7:46
    3Martian Affirmation6:08

    References

    Martian Heartache Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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