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Released
  
1995

No Ennui(1995)
  
Groove(1998)

Release date
  
1995

Label
  
FUNTIME RECORDS

Length
  
40:20

Artist
  
Mrs. Fun

Producer
  
Victor DeLorenzo

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
Joe's Recording Studio, Milwaukee, 1994

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No Ennui is Mrs. Fun's third album, from 1995. It was produced by Victor DeLorenzo, and recorded by Michael Hoffman at Joe's Recording Studio, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Like all of their albums produced through 1998, it was self-released. The music is a bass-heavy, groove-based free jazz.

Contents

The record features guest artists k.d. lang, singing background vocals on "Daughtera" (which was dedicated to Sun Ra), and Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, singing background vocals on "Gossip".

Track listing

  1. "Love You Loud" (DeLorenzo/Connie Grauer, Kim Zick)
  2. "Daughtera" (Grauer)
  3. "Lulu's Walk" (Grauer)
  4. "Why Are Words So Different" (Foyne Mahaffey/Grauer)
  5. "Trinity" (Kathryn Korniloff/Zick)
  6. "Opportunity Lane" (DeLorenzo/Grauer)
  7. "Black Box" (Grauer)
  8. "Epistrophy" (Thelonious Monk/Kenny Clarke)
  9. "Ennui" (Mahaffey)
  10. "Gossip" (DeLorenzo, Grauer, Zick, Jim Eannelli)

Personnel

  • Connie Grauer - keyboards, vocals, chimes, accordion, glockenspiel, toy piano
  • Kim Zick - drums, percussion, vocals,
  • Michael Hoffman - guitar
  • Allen Johnson - trumpet
  • Jeff Pietrangelo - trumpet
  • Dave Matsen - tenor saxophone
  • Juli Wood - baritone saxophone
  • Malcolm Michiles - scratching
  • Robyn Pluer - vocal (spoken word)
  • Eric Segnitz - violin
  • Paul Gmeinder - cello
  • Foyne Mahaffey - castanets
  • k.d. lang, Dayna Kurtz, Paula Cabor, Micki Korb, Claire Morkin, Paul Cebar, Paul Scher, Wesley Savick, Rob Gjersoe, Emily Saliers, Amy Ray - background vocals
  • Victor DeLorenzo - producer
  • Michael Hoffman - engineer
  • Tamar Zick - cover art

    • Songs

    1Love You Loud5:04
    2Daughtera2:49
    3Lulu's Walk3:54

    References

    No Ennui Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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